Federal authorities said the tunnel links Calexico with the large industrial city of Mexicali, Mexico.
The officer fired his gun four times, striking the man in his chest and possibly in his neck at the port of entry in downtown Calexico, across the border from Mexicali, Mexico.
Un hondureño, arrestado en abril pasado, reconoció hoy haber usado el túnel, que está parcialmente bajo el agua y termina en un canal, para traficar cocaína de México a EU
The 230-foot-long tunnel began at a house in Mexicali, Mexico, and ended under the water of the canal.