The following image was taken by a New York Times journalist Eliot Spagat on January 2nd, 2020. It shows the discovery of the longest smuggling tunnel on the United States side of the border in San Diego, California. This picture illustrates the United States’ authorities fighting to eliminate the supply of drugs coming into the United States. Every year, dozens of these tunnels are discovered and many more are yet to be discovered. The Mexican drug cartels have been smuggling drugs into the United States since the early 1920s, which is about a hundred years of experience. Despite persecuting and punishing these drug traffickers for decades, they have proven that as long as there is money to be made on the other side of the border, they will not stop. The United States should focus instead on diminishing the consumption of drugs among its people.
Spagat, Elliot. Longest Smuggling Tunnel on the American side of the Border. Photograph. Longest Smuggling Tunnel Is Found at U.S.-Mexico Border. San Diego, California: The New York Times, n.d. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/30/world/americas/tunnel-us-mexico-border.html.