Illegal border tunnel between Mexico and the United States was promoted by TikTok | International | News
A clandestine tunnel built for the trafficking of people, drugs and illicit goods was discovered last week under the bed of the Rio Grande/Rio Grande and connects Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua (Mexico) with El Paso, Texas (USA).
The discovery of the clandestine passage occurred below the natural border between both countries, at the height of gate 28. According to the first versions, the tunnel connects to the sewers and drainage of El Paso, a place where migrants and traffickers appeared to enter the the suburbs of the city.
This tunnel, approximately 40 meters long, It was hidden under the bed of the border tributary and it had a rudimentary ventilation system.
The structure was located thanks to information provided by an anonymous whistleblower, allowing authorities to deploy specialized search teams.
Mexican media report that this tunnel was promoted through social networks.
Through videos on the TikTok platform, you can see clips where migrants who used that crossing to reach the United States recommend the human traffickers who helped them pass through the tunnel that was secured on the afternoon of Friday, January 10. , details The Universal from Mexico.
In the accounts, which are public, migrants recommend passing through this space, ensuring that in minutes they crossed from Ciudad Juárez to El Paso, Texas, “safely”.
Construction tools were found at the site, such as shovels, pickaxes and axes, as well as flashlights, blowtorches and communication radios that were removed from the tunnel by Mexican and American authorities, details Efe.
Black plastic bags were also found at the scene where the agents found clothes and coats, of which they took photographs and were part of the evidence that the United States agents took.
The clandestine tunnel was allegedly used by the criminal group called ‘The company‘ for migrant trafficking.
This criminal organization is mainly dedicated, according to authorities, to that crime.
On Monday, Francisco Sáenz, representative of the State Attorney General’s Office (FGE) of Chihuahua, told the media that the institution sent the file of the investigation into the discovery of the tunnel to the Attorney General’s Office of the Republic (FGR), which is the agency authorized to investigate migrant trafficking. (YO)
