Video. Massive drug tunnel uncovered beneath US-Mexico border

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · Jun 02, 2026 · 50 words · By Yolaine De Kerchove Dexaerde

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Massive drug tunnel uncovered beneath US-Mexico border Copy/paste the link below: Copy/paste the article video embed link below: Updated: US authorities released footage of a sophisticated tunnel running beneath the US-Mexico border, saying it was used to…

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The stakes turn on whether readers accept that US authorities released footage of a sophisticated tunnel running beneath the US-Mexico border. That point shapes the political meaning of the story.

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The clearest point to anchor on is this: US authorities released footage of a sophisticated tunnel running beneath the US-Mexico border.

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open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.euronews.com/video/2026/06/02/massive-drug-tunnel-uncovered-beneath-…

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Claim 1: “US authorities released footage of a sophisticated tunnel running beneath the US-Mexico border”

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Multiple independent web search results confirm that US authorities released footage of a sophisticated tunnel running beneath the US-Mexico border.

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web search NEUTRAL — US authorities released footage of a sophisticated tunnel running beneath the US-Mexico border, saying it was used to smuggle more than $45 million worth of cocaine from Tijuana into California.Ben Ho…
https://www.euronews.com/video/2026/06/02/massive-drug-tunne…

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web search NEUTRAL — Before the latest discovery, the longest smuggling tunnel across the United States-Mexico border was an excavation found in 2014, also in San Diego, the authorities said. That tunnel was 2,966 feet lo…
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/30/world/americas/tunnel-us-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Newly released haunting footage reveals the shadowy depths of a Mexican cartel's drug-smuggling tunnel, which weaves beneath the US-Mexico border.The footage displays the tunnel's solid concrete mouth…
https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/inside-drug-cartels-t…

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Claim 2: “it was used to smuggle more than $45 million worth of cocaine from Tijuana into California”

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Three separate web search results explicitly state that the tunnel was used to smuggle more than $45 million worth of cocaine from Tijuana into California (specifically mentioning Otay Mesa).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tijuana is the most populous city of the Mexican state of Baja California, located on the northwestern Pacific Coast of Mexico. It is the municipal seat of the Tijuana Municipality, the hub of the Tij…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tijuana

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Tijuana Cartel (Spanish: Cártel de Tijuana, pronounced [ˈkaɾtel ðe tiˈxwana]), formerly also known as the Arellano-Félix Cartel (Spanish: Cártel de los Arellano Félix, CAF), is a Mexican cartel ba…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tijuana_Cartel

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tijuana International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Tijuana; IATA: TIJ, ICAO: MMTJ), officially Aeropuerto Internacional General Abelardo L. Rodríguez (lit. 'General Abelardo L. Rodríg…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tijuana_International_Airport

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