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A wheelbarrow and other supplies were found nearby in a legitimate drainage drainage tunnel that runs underground in the United States and in Mexico.

Man arrested while digging Nogales drug tunnel

Feb 22, 2013 ◇ Rebekah Zemansky/TucsonSentinel.com

U.S. and Mexican authorities discovered an incomplete drug tunnel west of Nogales' DeConcini Port of Entry early Friday, arresting a man who was digging the smuggling route. The tunnel extended under the border, but did not open into the United States. Read more»

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The tunnel shut down by Homeland Security Investigation agents Tuesday is 70 feet long.

ICE shuts down cross-border drug tunnel in Nogales

Nov 16, 2011 ◇ Janet Rose Jackman/TucsonSentinel.com

Federal agents shut down a drug tunnel that ran between Nogales, Sonora, and a home in Nogales, Ariz., on Tuesday and announced the discovery of another drug tunnel south of San Diego. Read more»

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