Bonus Content: What Lies BeneathMore video and photos provide an inside look at CBP's anti-tunneling operationsVideos by Dan Barrios, photos by Josh Denmark frontline Tunnels Video 8 drug-tunnel-segment-8.srt Inside Nogales' Main Drainage System A Border Patrol agent enters the main drainage tunnel in Nogales, Arizona Border Patrol agents patrol the main drainage system on bikes in Nogales, Arizona. Border Patrol agents open an entrance to an area in the drainage system. A Border Patrol agent looks through the steel gates in Nogales' main drainage system, which were built to prevent drug and human trafficking. Read more about Inside Nogales' Main Drainage System CBP Robots at Work A CBP robot explores a drainage pipe in Nogales, Arizona. A Border Patrol agent prepares a CBP robot before it explores a drainage tunnel. A CBP robot is placed in a drainage pipe for exploration. Supervisory Border Patrol Agent Kevin Hecht monitors the information relayed to a console by the robot as it explores the tunnel. Border Patrol agents remove the robot from the drainage pipe after it completes the task. Read more about CBP Robots at Work Inside a Rudimentary/Interconnecting Tunnel An interconnecting tunnel was discovered in a parking lot just across from the border in Nogales, Arizona, which has characteristics of both rudimentary and interconnecting tunnels. A vertical drill was discovered in the tunnel which the smugglers planned to use to break through when the tunneling was complete. The tunnel was discovered before it was completed and remediated to prevent future attempts by illegal smugglers. A rudimentary, hand-dug tunnel connected the diggers to the Nogales drainage system through a "break-in" which can be seen in this photograph. A look inside the rudimentary section of the tunnel. Supervisory Border Patrol Agent Kevin Hecht crawls the tunnel. Supervisory Border Patrol Agent Kevin Hecht crawls through the drainage pipe looking for evidence left behind by the illegal tunnelers. Hecht emerges from the tunnel. Read more about Inside a Rudimentary/Interconnecting Tunnel
Inside Nogales' Main Drainage System A Border Patrol agent enters the main drainage tunnel in Nogales, Arizona Border Patrol agents patrol the main drainage system on bikes in Nogales, Arizona. Border Patrol agents open an entrance to an area in the drainage system. A Border Patrol agent looks through the steel gates in Nogales' main drainage system, which were built to prevent drug and human trafficking. Read more about Inside Nogales' Main Drainage System
CBP Robots at Work A CBP robot explores a drainage pipe in Nogales, Arizona. A Border Patrol agent prepares a CBP robot before it explores a drainage tunnel. A CBP robot is placed in a drainage pipe for exploration. Supervisory Border Patrol Agent Kevin Hecht monitors the information relayed to a console by the robot as it explores the tunnel. Border Patrol agents remove the robot from the drainage pipe after it completes the task. Read more about CBP Robots at Work
Inside a Rudimentary/Interconnecting Tunnel An interconnecting tunnel was discovered in a parking lot just across from the border in Nogales, Arizona, which has characteristics of both rudimentary and interconnecting tunnels. A vertical drill was discovered in the tunnel which the smugglers planned to use to break through when the tunneling was complete. The tunnel was discovered before it was completed and remediated to prevent future attempts by illegal smugglers. A rudimentary, hand-dug tunnel connected the diggers to the Nogales drainage system through a "break-in" which can be seen in this photograph. A look inside the rudimentary section of the tunnel. Supervisory Border Patrol Agent Kevin Hecht crawls the tunnel. Supervisory Border Patrol Agent Kevin Hecht crawls through the drainage pipe looking for evidence left behind by the illegal tunnelers. Hecht emerges from the tunnel. Read more about Inside a Rudimentary/Interconnecting Tunnel