Border Near San Diego Is a Potential Security Threat, Post Says

March 10, 2000 8:05 AM, EST

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he U.S. government believes an entry point into the country near San Diego could be a security risk, the Washington Post reported Thursday.

An area dubbed “Smuggler’s Gulch” bordering San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico, is an inviting area for smugglers, terrorists and drug traffickers, the paper reported.

It said the Department of Homeland Security had recently revealed that Al Qaeda operatives were looking at the Mexican border as a way to get into the United States.

The House recently approved legislation that would boost fencing, giving DHS new authority to oversee the border’s security, the Post said.

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