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KPBS Midday EditionThe drug-smuggling tunnel is believed to be the longest one found underneath the U.S.-Mexico line in California — a nearly half-mile passage between Otay Mesa and Tijuana outfitted with lights, a ventilation system and an elevator. -
The 142-foot long tunnel was discovered by a Border Patrol agent on routine patrol. -
Prosecutors say drug traffickers finished building the Calexico house in December and began smuggling drugs there last month under law enforcement surveillance. -
U.S. Customs and Border Protection's commissioner spoke to KPBS on Thursday in an exclusive interview. He acknowledged the agency's vulnerability to corruption and said a 2,000-mile border wall would be "very, very difficult." -
The city's former police chief resigned last month following KPBS news reports about his strategy to evict homeless migrants from the Tijuana River canal. -
KPBS Midday EditionMore than 100 journalists have been killed in Mexico in the past decade. But that hasn't stopped investigative journalist Marcela Turati from seeking the truth. -
Former private security chief José Luis López Medina is Tijuana's new police chief. A spokesman for the mayor explained why the previous chief was forced out. -
Pope Francis touched down Wednesday in Ciudad Juárez, where he urged governments to "open hearts" to migrants. -
KPBS Midday EditionTo hide from the police, hundreds of homeless migrants in Tijuana have taken shelter in dark tunnels branching out from the city's river canal. Some get struck and killed on nearby highways when police find them and they try to flee.
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While homicides rose in Tijuana last year, the overall crime rate dropped 9 percent. Tijuana's police chief detailed his high-tech strategy to KPBS.
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