SAN LUIS, Ariz. — The powerful Sinaloa drug cartel is believed to be behind one of the most sophisticated and well-engineered smuggling tunnels ever found along the U.S.-Mexico border, according to U.S. drug enforcement officials who announced the discovery Thursday in Yuma.
'extraordinary' U.s.-mexico Drug Tunnel May Be Sinaloa Cartel's
By William C. Rempel, Los Angeles Times
Thu, 07/12/2012 - 4:51pm
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