(SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE) OTAY MESA — Federal authorities announced Friday the arrest of a 73-year-old Chula Vista woman in connection with an investigation into two newly-discovered smuggling tunnels at the U.S.-Mexico border.
The passageways, which were equipped with lighting and rail systems, connected warehouses in industrial areas in Otay Mesa with two separate entry points in warehouses in Tijuana, said Derek Benner, special agent in charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations in San Diego.
The first tunnel was discovered Tuesday inside a building on Via de la Amistad after a five-month long investigation by the San Diego Tunnel Task Force, officials said.
