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To: Geoff Altman who wrote (390409)	11/2/2010 9:05:59 AM
From: Bill	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793968

All the subcontractors were phony 'minority' companies.

To: Geoff Altman who wrote (390409)	11/4/2010 4:50:26 PM
From: KLP	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793968

How did THIS HUGE tunnel with train get by the Feds? Feds find cross-border smuggling tunnel, 30 tons of pot [link includes video] Posted: Nov 03, 2010 1:56 PM PDT Updated: Nov 03, 2010 11:47 PM PDT SAN DIEGO (AP & CBS8) — Federal authorities in San Diego have made one of the largest marijuana seizures in the United States, confiscating approximately 30 tons of pot in and around an underground tunnel, which connected a warehouse in Otay Mesa, to a building in Tijuana, Mexico. Mexican authorities seized another four tons of pot from the warehouse on their side of the border. Officials said the lightning-speed, 12-hour operation started Tuesday afternoon, when agents with the Tunnel Task Force noticed suspicious activity involving a tractor-trailer that was parked at the Otay Mesa warehouse. They decided to follow it as it left the building. Border Patrol agents and CHP officers stopped the rig at a checkpoint in Temecula and authorities found 10 tons of marijuana inside. The driver, a U.S. citizen, and his Mexican wife were arrested and will be arraigned in San Diego on Thursday. Authorities quickly obtained a federal search warrant to go inside the warehouse, where they discovered approximately 15 tons of marijuana. The total value of the seized marijuana is worth an estimated $20 million, said Immigrations and Customs Enforcement Director Morton. They also found a wood door that opened to a hole leading to the tunnel, running the length of six football fields, under the border and into a warehouse in Tijuana, Morton said. Officials found packets being ready to be moved into the United States from the tunnel, which had lighting, ventilation and a rail system to send loads of illegal drugs into California. "This is not a mom-and-pop operation. This is obviously the work of a cartel," said Morton, who held a news conference outside the warehouse in an industrial park near the Otay Mesa truck crossing, across from Tijuana. Officials said the seizure was the largest ever in California and was believed to be the second-largest in the United States. Drug Enforcement Administration agents seized 33 tons of marijuana in Oregon in 2008, DEA special agent Ralph W. Partridge said. 760kfmb.com ~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ U.S. Authorities Uncover Major Cross-Border Drug Smuggling Tunnel Published November 04, 2010 \| FoxNews.com Authorities in southern California have uncovered a major cross-border drug smuggling tunnel that they say is linked to 30 tons of marijuana seized in the U.S. and Mexico. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration announced Wednesday that the 600-yard underground tunnel connects a San Diego-area warehouse with a similar building in Tijuana, Mexico. In a press release obtained by FoxNews.com, authorities said the "crawl-space sized" passageway -- equipped with rail, lighting and ventilation systems -- was likely constructed recently. Agents with the San Diego Tunnel Task force reported suspicious activity at the warehouse in Otay Mesa -- a mostly rural community just north of the border -- on Tuesday. The DEA said that officials tracked a tractor-trailer truck leaving the warehouse and that Border Patrol agents stopped the vehicle as it approached a traffic checkpoint in Temecula. There agents seized 10 tons of marijuana packed into cargo boxes, according to the press release. Investigators then raided the Otay Mesa warehouse, where they uncovered an additional 15 tons of marijuana and the entrance to a "sophisticated" underground tunnel. Authorities then alerted Mexican officials, who located the tunnel's second entrance to a warehouse in Tijuana where another 4 tons of the drug were found. "I applaud the efforts of this skilled multi-agency task force of tenacious agents from DEA, ICE, Border Patrol and California Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement who uncovered this elaborate smuggling scheme leading to the massive marijuana haul and tunnel discovery," DEA Acting Administrator Michele M. Leonhart said in a statement Wednesday. "Not only will this seizure significantly disrupt the responsible cartel by stripping from it millions in potential drug profits, but it will also keep this dangerous and addictive drug off our streets and out of our neighborhoods. foxnews.com 8888888888888