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Coverage dated October 29, 2026

Mexican engineer indicted over CJNG cartel’s drug tunnel into San Diego

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A Mexican engineer accused of building a drug-smuggling tunnel between Tijuana and San Diego has been indicted on charges including providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization, federal prosecutors announced.

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  1. NBC Los Angeles

    Man accused of constructing cross-border drug tunnel for Mexican cartel indicted (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    A federal grand jury indicted a man Thursday on charges that he designed and constructed a cross-border drug tunnel for the Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG), the U.S. Department of Justice announced. On Oct.

  2. BNO News

    Mexican engineer indicted over CJNG cartel’s drug tunnel into San Diego (opens BNO News)

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    A Mexican engineer accused of building a drug-smuggling tunnel between Tijuana and San Diego has been indicted on charges including providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization, federal prosecutors announced.

  3. New York Post

    Sophisticated border tunnel to San Diego uncovered by police as ‘The Engineer’ charged in drug smuggling plot (opens New York Post)

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    A Mexican cartel allegedly built an underground drug highway to smuggle millions of dollars in cocaine across the US border.