Photos: Border Patrol "Tunnel Rats"
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They are known in the Border Patrol as "tunnel rats" - agents who go in clandestine passages that have proliferated on the U.S.-Mexico border over the last 20 years to smuggle drugs.
Border Tunnels
- Gregory Bull
- Updated
In this March 6, 2017 photo, a member of the Border Patrol's Border Tunnel Entry Team enters a tunnel spanning the border between San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico, in San Diego. They are known in the Border Patrol as "tunnel rats" - agents who go in clandestine passages that have proliferated on the U.S.-Mexico border over the last 20 years to smuggle drugs. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Border Tunnels
- Gregory Bull
- Updated
In this March 6, 2017 photo, members of the Border Patrol's Border Tunnel Entry Team work near a tunnel entrance in between two border barriers separating San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico, in San Diego. They are known in the Border Patrol as "tunnel rats" - agents who go in clandestine passages that have proliferated on the U.S.-Mexico border over the last 20 years to smuggle drugs. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Border Tunnels
- Gregory Bull
- Updated
In this March 6, 2017 photo, a member of the Border Patrol's Border Tunnel Entry Team ascends an entrance carved out by the Border Patrol leading to a tunnel spanning the border between San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico, in San Diego. They are known in the Border Patrol as "tunnel rats" - agents who go in clandestine passages that have proliferated on the U.S.-Mexico border over the last 20 years to smuggle drugs. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Border Tunnels
- Gregory Bull
- Updated
In this March 6, 2017 photo, a member of the Border Patrol's Border Tunnel Entry Team looks up as he descends an entrance carved out by the Border Patrol leading to a tunnel spanning the border between San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico, in San Diego. Authorities have discovered more than 200 cross-border tunnels originating in Mexico since 1990, most of which entered the United States. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Border Tunnels
- Gregory Bull
- Updated
In this March 6, 2017 photo, a member of the Border Patrol's Border Tunnel Entry Team lowers a cable into a tunnel entrance in between two border barriers separating San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico, in San Diego. Authorities have discovered more than 200 cross-border tunnels originating in Mexico since 1990, most of which entered the United States. Many are shallow holes but some are elaborately constructed with hydraulic lifts, water pumps and rail cars. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Border Tunnels
- Gregory Bull
- Updated
In this March 6, 2017 photo, a member of the Border Patrol's Border Tunnel Entry Team ascends an entrance carved out by the Border Patrol leading to a tunnel spanning the border between San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico, in San Diego. They are known in the Border Patrol as "tunnel rats" - agents who go in clandestine passages that have proliferated on the U.S.-Mexico border over the last 20 years to smuggle drugs. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Border Tunnels
- Gregory Bull
- Updated
In this March 6, 2017 photo, a member of the Border Patrol's Border Tunnel Entry Team looks on from a tunnel entrance in between two border barriers separating San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico, in San Diego. They are known in the Border Patrol as "tunnel rats" - agents who go in clandestine passages that have proliferated on the U.S.-Mexico border over the last 20 years to smuggle drugs. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Border Tunnels
- Gregory Bull
- Updated
In this March 6, 2017 photo, members of the Border Patrol's Border Tunnel Entry Team work in a tunnel spanning the border between San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico, in San Diego. Above, a ventilation shaft created by the Border Patrol reaches to the surface. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Border Tunnels
- Gregory Bull
- Updated
In this March 6, 2017 photo, a member of the Border Patrol's Border Tunnel Entry Team walks in a tunnel spanning the border between San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico, in San Diego. They are known in the Border Patrol as "tunnel rats" - agents who go in clandestine passages that have proliferated on the U.S.-Mexico border over the last 20 years to smuggle drugs. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Border Tunnels
- Gregory Bull / Associated Press
- Updated
In this March 6, 2017 photo, a member of the Border Patrol's Border Tunnel Entry Team enters a tunnel spanning the border between San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico, in San Diego. They are known in the Border Patrol as "tunnel rats" - agents who go in clandestine passages that have proliferated on the U.S.-Mexico border over the last 20 years to smuggle drugs.
Border Tunnels
- Gregory Bull
In this March 6, 2017 photo, a member of the Border Patrol's Border Tunnel Entry Team enters a tunnel spanning the border between San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico, in San Diego. They are known in the Border Patrol as "tunnel rats" - agents who go in clandestine passages that have proliferated on the U.S.-Mexico border over the last 20 years to smuggle drugs. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Border Tunnels
- Gregory Bull
In this March 6, 2017 photo, members of the Border Patrol's Border Tunnel Entry Team work near a tunnel entrance in between two border barriers separating San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico, in San Diego. They are known in the Border Patrol as "tunnel rats" - agents who go in clandestine passages that have proliferated on the U.S.-Mexico border over the last 20 years to smuggle drugs. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Border Tunnels
- Gregory Bull
In this March 6, 2017 photo, a member of the Border Patrol's Border Tunnel Entry Team ascends an entrance carved out by the Border Patrol leading to a tunnel spanning the border between San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico, in San Diego. They are known in the Border Patrol as "tunnel rats" - agents who go in clandestine passages that have proliferated on the U.S.-Mexico border over the last 20 years to smuggle drugs. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Border Tunnels
- Gregory Bull
In this March 6, 2017 photo, a member of the Border Patrol's Border Tunnel Entry Team looks up as he descends an entrance carved out by the Border Patrol leading to a tunnel spanning the border between San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico, in San Diego. Authorities have discovered more than 200 cross-border tunnels originating in Mexico since 1990, most of which entered the United States. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Border Tunnels
- Gregory Bull
In this March 6, 2017 photo, a member of the Border Patrol's Border Tunnel Entry Team lowers a cable into a tunnel entrance in between two border barriers separating San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico, in San Diego. Authorities have discovered more than 200 cross-border tunnels originating in Mexico since 1990, most of which entered the United States. Many are shallow holes but some are elaborately constructed with hydraulic lifts, water pumps and rail cars. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Border Tunnels
- Gregory Bull
In this March 6, 2017 photo, a member of the Border Patrol's Border Tunnel Entry Team ascends an entrance carved out by the Border Patrol leading to a tunnel spanning the border between San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico, in San Diego. They are known in the Border Patrol as "tunnel rats" - agents who go in clandestine passages that have proliferated on the U.S.-Mexico border over the last 20 years to smuggle drugs. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Border Tunnels
- Gregory Bull
In this March 6, 2017 photo, a member of the Border Patrol's Border Tunnel Entry Team looks on from a tunnel entrance in between two border barriers separating San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico, in San Diego. They are known in the Border Patrol as "tunnel rats" - agents who go in clandestine passages that have proliferated on the U.S.-Mexico border over the last 20 years to smuggle drugs. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Border Tunnels
- Gregory Bull
In this March 6, 2017 photo, members of the Border Patrol's Border Tunnel Entry Team work in a tunnel spanning the border between San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico, in San Diego. Above, a ventilation shaft created by the Border Patrol reaches to the surface. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Border Tunnels
- Gregory Bull
In this March 6, 2017 photo, a member of the Border Patrol's Border Tunnel Entry Team walks in a tunnel spanning the border between San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico, in San Diego. They are known in the Border Patrol as "tunnel rats" - agents who go in clandestine passages that have proliferated on the U.S.-Mexico border over the last 20 years to smuggle drugs. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Border Tunnels
- Gregory Bull / Associated Press
In this March 6, 2017 photo, a member of the Border Patrol's Border Tunnel Entry Team enters a tunnel spanning the border between San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico, in San Diego. They are known in the Border Patrol as "tunnel rats" - agents who go in clandestine passages that have proliferated on the U.S.-Mexico border over the last 20 years to smuggle drugs.
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