President-elect Donald Trump has warned for years that the Bide administration wasn't doing enough to control the immigration crisis at the southern U.S. border, especially as cartels and smugglers became more brazen and sophisticated.
According to the Daily Mail, the latest example of the out-of-control situation unfolding under President Joe Biden was the discovery of secret border tunnels that have allowed the funneling of an unknown number of illegals onto U.S. soil without detection.
The tunnels were recently discovered by high-tech drones "during a joint investigation between US Customs and Border Patrol and the Sonora State Police in Mexico," Mexican authorities reported.
The tunnel was reportedly not complete, but complete enough to allow drug runners and presumably human smugglers to conduct their business without much of a worry.
Interestingly, the discovery of the tunnel in that area is the third of its kind in 2024 alone.
The Daily Mail noted:
It is unclear which drug gang the tunnel belongs to, but the Sinaloa cartel frequently use these underground passages across the Southwest to smuggle drugs into the States, according to the DEA's 2024 drug threat assessment.
Many of their tunnels are 'not built by the cartel, but are part of the border cities' sewage and water systems.'
The DEA released a statement with more information on the suspected usage of the tunnel by the Sinaloa cartel.
"The Sinaloa Cartel exerts near-total control over the border region south of Arizona, giving the cartel easy access to the San Luis Rio Colorado and Nogales [ports of entry]," the federal law enforcement agency said.
DEA Administrator Anne Milgram added:
At the heart of the synthetic drug crisis are the Sinaloa and Jalisco cartels and their associates, who DEA is tracking world-wide. The suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, and money launderers all play a role in the web of deliberate and calculated treachery orchestrated by these cartels.
The agency said it will deploy whatever resources necessary to save American lives with regard to the tunnel system.
According to the CDC, over 107,o00 American lives were lost in 2022 due to drugs, most of which come from across the border. One can only imagine how that number has increased during Biden's presidency.
Fentanyl powder and pills are the most dangerous drug pouring across the border.
The DEA reported that it seized "nearly 30,000 pounds of fentanyl power and 79 million pills in 2023," which was exponentially more than numbers from as recent as 2021.
Trump has vowed to profoundly crack down on the amount of narcotics coming into the United States from Mexico.
Jan. 20 can't come soon enough.
