Engineer indicted in San Diego cross-border tunnel case
Crime · First reported 31 Oct, 09:03 · Updated 09:45
Federal prosecutors accuse Luis Manuel Hernandez Victoria of designing and building a tunnel from Tijuana to San Diego for CJNG. The case concerns a tunnel discovered in May and a seizure of more than one ton of cocaine.
- A grand jury indicted Luis Manuel Hernandez Victoria, alleging he designed and built a cross-border tunnel for CJNG.
- Authorities discovered the tunnel in May, connecting Tijuana with a location near San Diego’s Otay Mesa Port of Entry; prosecutors describe it as about 1,933 feet long.
- Authorities seized more than one ton of cocaine in connection with the discovery. Hernandez faces charges carrying possible life sentences if convicted.
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- Luis Manuel Hernandez Victoria
- Tunnel route
- Tijuana, Mexico, to a store location in San Diego
- Tunnel length
- Approximately 1,933 feet, according to the centre report
- Cocaine seized
- More than one ton
- Other people charged
- The centre report says Hernandez is the seventh person charged in connection with the investigation
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