EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – A Mexican National Guard unit in Juarez on Thursday located a suspicious underground structure leading to the banks of the Rio Grande.
The tunnel-like structure was located just over 100 yards from a smugglers’ tunnel U.S. authorities discovered on Jan. 9, 2025, and that authorities believe was used to bring over drugs and “high value” migrants.
The National Guard unit located an access point to the newest structure at the edge of Juan Pablo II Boulevard in Juarez; they found the exit on the Mexican levee of the river.
Mexican authorities told Border Report news partner ProVideo that after a thorough investigation, the soldiers determined the new “tunnel” was an old storm drainage pipe. Soldiers and civilian authorities left the scene without any word on whether they intended to seal the structure.
Border Report contacted the U.S. Border Patrol about the find. They characterized the incident as a “false alarm” of a new smugglers’ tunnel.
Still, Mexican soldiers reportedly found clothing and other items left by humans near the exit of the structure. Authorities in Juarez declined to speculate on why those items were there.
ProVideo contributed to this report.
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