The same year, agents seized 4,400 pounds of illicit drugs from another over 2,000-foot tunnel between Mexico and the San Diego area, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said at the time.

The hatch was in El Chapo’s shower, a 20 inch by 20 inch hole with a ladder that descended 32 feet into the tunnel. The tunnel was 5.6 feet high and about 30 inches wide.

Mexico has announced it will close the “Puente Grande” federal prison made famous by the 2001 escape of ... before being re-arrested and escaping another Mexican prison through a tunnel.

U.S. Border Patrol agents shut down the construction of a 2,918-foot-long tunnel connecting Tijuana and San Diego with the ...

A secret tunnel discovered last week on the U.S.-Mexico border will be sealed by Mexican authorities, an army official in Ciudad Juarez said Saturday. The tunnel, discovered on Jan. 10, connects ...

Mexico has announced it will close the “Puente Grande” federal prison made famous by the 2001 escape of ... before being re-arrested and escaping another Mexican prison through a tunnel.

Mexico has announced it will close the “Puente Grande” federal prison made famous by the 2001 escape of convicted drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.

Mexico has announced it will close the “Puente Grande” federal prison made famous by the 2001 escape of ... before being re-arrested and escaping another Mexican prison through a tunnel.

Mexico has announced it will close the “Puente Grande” federal prison made famous by the 2001 escape of convicted drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.

Mexico has announced it will close the “Puente Grande” federal prison made famous by the 2001 escape of convicted drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.

Mexico has announced it will close the “Puente Grande” federal prison made famous by the 2001 escape of convicted drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.

Mexico has announced it will close the “Puente Grande” federal prison made famous by the 2001 escape of convicted drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.