Mexico's unfilled border tunnels a security risk, US officials say

[rangerrebew]

Mexico's unfilled border tunnels a security risk, US officials say
Published January 16, 2017 Associated Press
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Dec. 12, 2016: This image from a video shows one of two tunnels found in an area of warehouses in the border city of Tijuana that lead into California.

Dec. 12, 2016: This image from a video shows one of two tunnels found in an area of warehouses in the border city of Tijuana that lead into California.  (Mexico's Attorney General's Office via AP, File)

SAN DIEGO –  Mexico's inability to fully seal up border tunnels dug by drug smugglers poses a security risk and is an "open invitation" for cartels to carve out new tunnels, according to officials in the United States.

On the U.S. side, drug tunnels have been filled with concrete since 2007, after the Los Angeles Times reported that they were being left unfilled because of budget constraints within Customs and Border Protection.

Mexican authorities say they lack the money to completely fill the tunnels, some of which are outfitted with ventilation and rail systems to whisk contraband hundreds of yards under the border. Only the tunnel openings are sealed south of the border.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/01/16/mexicos-unfilled-border-tunnels-security-risk-us-officials-say.html

[dfwgator]

Gee, ya think?

[Smokin Joe]

Very few problems cannot be solved by the suitable application of correct amounts of high explosives. This is a case in point.

[rangerrebew]

Did you notice the tram tracks in the tunnel.  These aren't built in a day and I'm surprised "intelligence" doesn't have any idea they are there.

[Idiot]

Very few problems cannot be solved by the suitable application of correct amounts of high explosives. This is a case in point.

:thumbsup3:

[thackney]

Very few problems cannot be solved by the suitable application of correct amounts of high explosives. This is a case in point.

No need for HE, just some propane, a motion detector, and an igniter. 

Works for Gopher control:
http://www.rodentblaster.com/Rodent_Blaster.html

[dfwgator]

No need for HE, just some propane, a motion detector, and an igniter. 

Works for Gopher control:
http://www.rodentblaster.com/Rodent_Blaster.html

Licensed to kill gophers by the government of the United Nations. Man, free to kill gophers at will. To kill, you must know your enemy, and in this case my enemy is a varmint. And a varmint will never quit - ever. They're like the Viet-Cong...Varmint-Cong. So you have to fall back on superior firepower and superior intelligence. And that's all she wrote.

[Smokin Joe]

No need for HE, just some propane, a motion detector, and an igniter. 

Works for Gopher control:
http://www.rodentblaster.com/Rodent_Blaster.html

Mercaptans....

If you want to get rid of the tunnel, FAB could work, but the 'A' is problematical in the space...

If you want to stop the varmints, CO₂ flood, a couple bbls of really sour crude, lots of things will do the trick, but they won't get rid of the pipe, just stop the flow.

[Fishrrman]

Fill them with raw sewage and the sludge from septic tanks...