Border Busts

An estimated 14 tons of marijuana were seized by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Nov. 16, 2011 after the discovery of a cross-border tunnel that authorities said was one of the most significant secret drug smuggling passages ever found on the U.S.-Mexico border. Captain America labe…

Border Busts

A Department of Homeland Security official arranges bundles of marijuana to form a backdrop for a news conference in front of a warehouse along the border Nov. 16, 2011, in San Diego. An estimated 14 tons of marijuana were seized after the discovery of a cross-border tunnel that authorities …

Border Busts

An estimated 14 tons of marijuana were seized after the Nov. 15, 2011 discovery of this cross-border drug tunnel near Otay Mesa, Calif. At the time it one of the most significant secret drug smuggling passages ever found on the U.S.-Mexico border.

Border Busts

Agents from the Department of Homeland Security peer into the entrance to a tunnel discovered Nov. 15, 2011 near Otay Mesa, Calif. An estimated 14 tons of marijuana were seized after the discovery of this cross-border tunnel. At the time it one of the most significant secret drug smuggling p…