Authorities believe organizations would have used an imperfect secret tunnel for people and drug trafficking operations near the southern border between the United States and Mexico in San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico, which is located north of Yuma, Arizona.
In a new post on Facebook, the State Public Secretary Secretariat of Sonora , shared , pictures , of the alleged cartel sneaking pipe and noted that the hole was discovered as part of a joint investigation by the U. S. Customs and Border Protection and Sonora State Police.
The use of a drone enabled the construction of a tunnel between Sonora and Arizona in San Luis Rio Colorado in a joint operation between the Secretariat of Public Security and the Customs and Border Protection ( CBP ) said in the Facebook post. ” The Border Security Protocol was implemented and key systems areas were identified to improve security in the area,” said one author.
The tunnel, which was recently discovered using satellite technology, was reportedly intended to serve as a “narco hole” for human and drug trafficking into the United States, according to Arizona’s Family.
The Sinaloa Cartel has frequently used caverns in its operations in the same area, according to The Post Millennial, despite officials ‘ efforts to determine who was behind the pipe activity.
The Sinaloa Cartel “exerts nearly total control over the border area west of Arizona, giving the gang easy access to the San Luis Rio Colorado and Nogales [ports of entry],” according to The Post Millennial.
The Sinaloa and Jalisco organizations and their partners are” the center of the chemical substance crisis,” according to DEA Administrator Anne Milgram.
” The distributors, manufacturers, importers, and money launderers all play a role in the website of purposeful and determined treachery orchestrated by these organizations”, Milgram said. ” DEA will continue to use all of its available resources to attack these sites and end American lives.”
A significant amount of group members, particularly members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua group, are now trying to enter the country before President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration later this month, according to The New York Post, as Trump is anticipated to rapidly raise safety along the southwestern border.
