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Man indicted over cartel smuggling tunnel from Tijuana to San Diego
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New York Post, The Washington Times and Breitbart News report that a federal grand jury has indicted Luis Manuel Hernandez Victoria, accused of designing and building a cross-border drug tunnel for the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion, which the US designates a foreign terrorist organization. The outlets say authorities found the tunnel on May 29, 2026, beneath a store near the Otay Mesa Port of Entry, and seized more than one ton of cocaine. Hernandez is charged with providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization. He remains in Mexican custody after an arrest in Jalisco in October, pending extradition. US Attorney Adam Gordon said Hernandez “engineered his own downfall.”
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A federal grand jury has indicted Luis Manuel Hernandez Victoria, accused of designing and building tunnels for the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion.
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Authorities found a tunnel from Tijuana into San Diego, beneath a store near the Otay Mesa Port of Entry, on May 29, 2026.
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Federal agents seized more than one ton of cocaine, which the New York Post estimates at $45 million.
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The charges include providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization, which the US has designated the cartel.
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Hernandez was arrested in Jalisco in mid-October and remains in Mexican custody pending extradition to California.
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All three right-side outlets report a federal indictment of Luis Manuel Hernandez Victoria over a cartel tunnel into San Diego, centering on the terrorism charge and the seized cocaine.
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Headlines lead with the tunnel and the terrorism charge: the Post stresses the tunnel and ‘The Engineer’ nickname, the Washington Times the terrorism charge, and Breitbart the indictment.
Feds bring terrorism charge against engineer who ran cartel smuggling tunnel
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masterminding
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mastermindingMore neutral: accused of designing and building
The word presents the suspect as the central planner of the tunnels, a stronger claim than the indictment’s charge of designing and building them.
government indicted a Mexican national credited with masterminding numerous tunnels under the U.S.
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- terrorism charge against the tunnel engineer
- scale of the tunnel and cocaine seizure
- the cartel’s terrorist designation
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U.S. Indicts Alleged Mexican-Cartel Tunnel Engineer
The U.S. government indicted a Mexican national credited with Sensational language“masterminding”The word presents the suspect as the central planner of the tunnels, a stronger claim than the indictment’s charge of designing and building them.More neutral: accused of designing and buildingDisagree with this highlight? numerous tunnels under the U.S. Mexico border for the terrorist organization Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG). …
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Feds bring terrorism charge against engineer who ran cartel smuggling tunnel
Prosecutors won an indictment from a federal grand jury against a man they say engineered a drug-smuggling tunnel under the U.S.-Mexico border for a major Mexican cartel.
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Sophisticated border tunnel to San Diego uncovered by police as ‘The Engineer’ charged in drug smuggling plot
A Mexican cartel allegedly built an underground drug highway to smuggle millions of dollars in cocaine across the US border.
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New York Post, Oct 29, 10:37 PM EDT
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- New York PostRightOct 29, 10:37 PM EDT
- The Washington TimesRightOct 30, 12:01 PM EDT
- Breitbart NewsFar RightOct 31, 5:17 PM EDT
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