Mexico drug gangs up ante with high-tech tunnels

[Vsotok10]

(Reuters) - When architect Felipe de Jesus Corona built Mexico's most powerful drug lord a 200-foot-long tunnel under the U.S.-Mexican border with a hydraulic lift entrance opened by a fake water tap, the kingpin was impressed.

The architect "made me one f---ing cool tunnel" Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman said, according to court testimony that helped sentence Corona to 18 years in prison in 2006.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/11/us-mexico-drugs-tunnels-idUSTRE7BA0D120111211



I found this on http://slashdot.org/

 

[Spent Brass]

Wow, Im actually somewhat impressed at the lengths they're willing to go. Hiring professionals and building good solid tunnels is a far cry from hand picking under the fence.

 

[jimdana1942]

Maybe they could come do some digging on my mining claims. Maybe they could make my mines profitable. My hand pick and small flashlight ain't gettin' me anywhere.

 

[Mjolnir]

I'm concerned about small arms and soldiers/terrorists being smuggled in as well as the drugs.