Engineering At Its Worst

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This is a picture from the UK Mail Online:

Alternative route: A smuggling tunnel kitted out with lights, pumps and ventilation has been discovered running under the Mexican-U.S. border in the city of Nogales

The picture is of a smuggling tunnel that runs from Mexico to Arizona. 

This is a map from the same article showing the location of the tunnel:

Pressure point: The number of tunnels into the city of Nogales, Arizona shows how vulnerable the mountainous region is to the drug trade

 

The tunnel lies 15 feet beneath the ground and is three feet wide and five feet high.  The tunnel runs 250 feet under the US-Mexican border and is equipped with electricity, water pumps and ventilation.

The tunnel, one of many, is the work of Mexican drug cartels smuggling marijuana, cocaine, heroin and methamphetamines into the United States. 

There are a few things to note about this article.  There is obviously a lot of money in illegal drug trafficking in America.  That is a major part of the problem.  Who is using the drugs?  Why are they using the drugs?  Can they be retrained not to use drugs?  I am so old that there were no drugs in high school when I was there.  There was alcohol and a lot of kids drank on weekends, but it wasn't a common problem.  What happened?  Is the problem the actual drugs or is the problem that we have so warped our values system that drug use is not seen as anything important?  I don't know.  I guess my questions would be to those people buying the drugs, "Are you living the life you want to live?  What would it take for you to find something better to do with your life than take drugs?"

The tunnel is a concern because of the drug cartels and all that those cartels involve (violence, lawlessness, etc.), but it is also a national security concern.  It has been said by people who know such things that terrorists are in the process of making alliances with drug lords in order to get potential weapons across the border.  This tunnel is a nightmare on many levels.  I am glad the authorities discovered this tunnel.  I hope there is a way that we can discourage the building and use of such tunnels in the future.  I wonder if there is a substance we can put in the tunnels that will make them unusable.

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