WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 08th August, 2020) US Federal agents found an underground cross-border tunnel in the state of Arizona on the border with Mexico, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said in a press release on Friday.
"Special agents with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) discovered an unfinished cross-border tunnel Tuesday after several days excavating the sandy Sonoran desert terrain outside of Yuma, Arizona," the release said.
ICE explained that the tunnel reaches from a neighborhood in the United States and goes under the border wall, extending about 1,300 feet into Mexico.
The tunnel is three feet wide, four feet high and is equipped with a fully developed ventilation system, water lines, electrical wiring, a rail system and extensive reinforcement, the release said.
The investigation is ongoing and is led by the ICE's Homeland Security Investigations department, the release added.
