On Monday afternoon police arrested eight men who were digging a tunnel under the border of Mexico and the United States. The eight Mexican men were arrested at a home just two blocks south of Calexico, California.
In a scene that could be on the TV show "Weeds" the men had built a tunnel that featured air conditioning, light and an elevator at a home in Mexicali, Mexico..
KSWT reports:
The director of the Policia Estatal Preventiva, Juan Manuel Guillen gave a brief press conference. "We discovered a tunnel in which it's diameter is one meter and a half. It's 6 meters in depth, it measures 120 meters from the home to its end point. The tunnel was 60 meters from the border. We also found the tunnel had light, an elevator and it was air conditioned," says Guillen.
A concerned citizen had called the police on Monday about suspicious activity at the home. When the police arrived they found the eight men busy tunneling towards the border. The police also found a 38 special revolver, digging tools and a F-350 truck that appears to have been used in carting away the piles of dirt.
The men arrested ranged in age from 27 to 52. They are from Sinaloa and Guadalajara.
The home was sold several months ago to Carlos Silva Lepe. It isn't clear if the police have yet to be in contact with him.
Gilberto Llorenz who still lives in the neighbourhood once owned the house.
"My conscious is clear...but it's worry some that my children have to see this, when the property we sold we never know who the owner was and we never saw people at the house," says Gilberto Llorenz.
The Mexican Federal Police (Procuraduría General de la República ) are investigating the case. The eight men remain behind bars.
Eight Men In Mexico Arrested For Tunneling To California
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