Drug smuggling on border

8 tons of cocaine, 3 machine guns, 25 years

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May 30, 2008, 8:20 p.m.
The Associated Press

A man was sentenced in Tucson on Thursday to 25 years in prison in the funneling of more than 17,000 pounds of cocaine through a drug tunnel on the Arizona-Mexico border, officials said.

Francisco Valle-Hurtado, 38, of Naco, Son., guarded cocaine loads with a machine gun after they passed through the tunnel in Naco between 1996 and 1999, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.

The 200-foot tunnel connected a mobile home on the Arizona side with a walled-in space between two houses on the Mexican side.

During the investigation, an additional 2,600 pounds of cocaine, three machine guns and $1.5 million were seized, the office said.

More than 50 people connected to the tunnel have been convicted, officials said. Five are being sought.

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Sep 28, 2008 @ 2:21pm
watever!!!!! (big10)
Jun 2, 2008 @ 9:38am
not looking good for the weekend now
Jun 1, 2008 @ 9:58pm
Mariyah, Did I in someway offend you or you just being protective of the "warden"?

Anyways your post is just ridiculous. If you don't like what I say please respond in a intelligent manner.

BUT...Just to go along. How do you know of this special place and how it smells if you have not visited your self. You say you know with such conviction.

See, I can stoop to your level.
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