Drug smuggling

Calexico Man Pleads Guilty to Constructing Drug-Smuggling Tunnel Along U.S.-Mexico Border

A construction manager in Calexico admitted to being part of a conspiracy to finance and build a drug-smuggling tunnel along the U.S.-Mexico border, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.

Habib Sayb Mujica, 35, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of money laundering conspiracy and conspiracy to construct, finance and use a tunnel, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Monday. Just before his arrest for the tunnel-related crimes, Mujica spent nearly six years in prison in Mexico for gun trafficking, the Office said.