The Secret Tunnels of Sunset Heights
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- It’s long been rumored that tunnels snake underneath one of El Paso’s most historic neighborhoods, connecting house to house. Robert Holguin goes underground - literally - to shed light on a possible explanation for an alleged tunnel network, and shows us how anti-immigrant legislation may have led to their construction.
These tunnels should have been explored and mapped out a long time ago.
I love this story. I hope you can gain access to more of the tunnel network and do some follow up stories, that would be so awesome. I believe you are on track in thinking they were built for/by the Chinese. I live in a small railroad town West of El Paso, it's long been rumored there are tunnels built by the Chinese crisscrossing beneath the streets. Unfortunately their locations have been long lost to time. It's been said the reason for the tunnels was that it was "illegal" for the Chinese to be out after dark. Interestingly, the North side of the tracks is still called "China Town" by many of the old timers even though there aren't any Chinese that still live here, or have lived here for many many many decades.
The tunnels start at El Paso High. Good luck.
Is there any maps?
I use to live around there, I know where there's some more tunnels. We had dug it up when we were kids out of curiosity, and we discovered a brick wall, we made a hole on it to look what's on the other side, and found some more rooms. It was dark, and back then we didn't have flash lights on hand. I really would like to go back and dig it out again, knock the wall down,and go exploring! 👷🕵️ I'm 39, and I think it was, like, when I was 13-14 yrs. old when we first dug that hole... good time's, good memories. I also went to Vilas n Wiggs when I was young, my mother n all my aunt's n uncle's too! ✊
I wish one of them tunnels goes straight to chicos tacos!
@@John-dq2fw 😅 Right! 'Inchi Chico's no rajan!🍝😎
You can always uncover the openings. Can’t be that hard just get owners permission
Robert, we would love to present this wonderful utube video (along with 4 other selected videos about El Paso history and geography ) to engage a group of about 60 El Pasoans for the purpose of building El Paso pride and community. Please contact susan spencer on facebook. I'm the one in the red ski suit, graduate of Stanislaus State. Wonderful video!
There are more than 100 tunnels in EP... The story is that the Chinese dug those tunnels back in the mid 1800's.. They used those tunnels to travel from Juarez, Mex to EP... Most of those tunnels have build in fireplaces and you can find pottery and other stuff too... The story is very interesting.. Google EP tunnels and read on...
It's well known the Chihuahuita barrio the tunnel entrence that existed there goes under the Rio
With the new freesyy along the River was filled with concrete
The historians said the liquor smugglers used during the dry law of the 20s
My neighborhood when i was a little kid. They brought me to phoenix az in 1989 i started getting a lil crazy in the sunset......😎
Robert Sanders I think I knew your family.
That was amazing! My grandparents lived on Hawthorne, in Sunset Heights. Right next door to the McGregor’s and Squires. I’d like to know more n this!
I used to live in sunset heights but not the fancy part literally the small houses between sunset and central, from there the second ward ( segundo barrio) and san juan ( barrio) but now i live in the northeast, man I love my city
My Grandfather (1903-1994) told us that when he was a kid they would smuggle liquor in exchange for chocolate during prohibition and believe or not women's provocative undergarments during WW1. He told us that many Chinese loved to carry opium and MariHuana.
Very interesting, hope they find more about those tunnels. I live by the name grocery store before coming to California.
The music the doesn't. with the excelente narrative.
North America = Turtle Island
Tunnels ... warmer in winter, cooler in summer, quieter when the neighbors get rowdy.
Open the tunnels unCover the mystery
wow used to live in el paso never would have known about this great story
Very interesting video!!!!! Thanks for sharing
Pancho Villa had his tortillas made by my great great grandmother
Bro. I miss home made tortillas.
Neta and his favorite tamales . Than he use to go downtown for a dessert strawberry ice cream a que mi general tan chispa.
Great job, Mr. Holguin.
there's an entire underground society of druggies and smugglers in these tunnels.
Maybe those tunnels lead to other houses where the fun was and people didn't want those who voted for them to see them being players.
I used to live in sunset heights when I was a kid and went to Vilas elementary.. very good days back than.
Stephanie is not with the company....she owns it.
What is preempting them from opening the tunnels and conducting the study?
Property owners are reluctant because it would destabilize the apartments and homes above.
The last entrance to a tunnel massive with railroad frames was
Sealed. In the chihuahita. Barrio during the. Excavation. For the
Freeway along the River
The chihuahita official historian knows All about. It. Obviously goes back to the Year of prohibition
Chinese industrious and very savy about contraband I bet all kinds of goods use to cross to Juarez and back Juarez it's full of tunnels also. In this historical and Beloved border towns of us.
Just break it down
The lizard people live in those tunnels
chicano more
than one entrance be careful there is couple of shafts at least fifty feet deep
Mud flood event
Why doesn't anyone take down the brick wall sealing that tunnel?
Because it's sealed not just at the beginning but in parts
Opium tunnel from Juarez?
It makes a lot of sense if you look into history of the first drug cartels in Mexico the first drug cartel in Mexico started in Juarez and it was form by Chinese people that came from San Francisco California when the big earthquake hit San Francisco so the Chinese move to El Paso and they had their opium also the stories goes that they werec12 or 15 Chinese that had the cartel in juarez probably used these tunes for trafficking the opium you can find these tunels also in downtown juarez at that time also was a man in juarez that people call him El Pablote he knew about the Chinese cartel and told his friend a hit man called el veracrusano and in two days they killed all the Chinese and Pablote took over the cartel its very interesting story if you look in you tube drug cartels history but this is just the start story goes very interesting the first Narco corrido ever made was to this man and you can find the corrido its called el corrido del pablote they said that every drug cartel last only 10 years any drug cartel in the world his cartel lasted 50 years .
Chinese cartel was the first in Juarez is in the cartels history books.el Pablote Rey. De la. Morfina . His corrido.
la nacha use to hide in the chihuahita. Barrio use to cross .that tunnel ..
Very interesting!
Neat!
Those tunnels must will be active
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WOW
this is amazing.. would love to go down there and video document my findings
These tunnels are still being used somehow someway🤔🤔there’s probably just a couple of entrances and exits I’m sure. Anyone know if there’s a penalty or something if anyone starts chipping away at one of these entrances?
Do you where those entrances are?
Stephanie has weird looking ears
Some say these Tunnels Networks reach ALL the way From Horizon City/San Elizario to Mesilla/Las Cures .... I Could Believed That's True, Who Knows !!??
Why not do a paranormal investigation there maybe some questions will be answered if anything is discovered.
I really thought my family had some Chinese genetics for a long time, as well as other things like any true Mexican, but no. A genetic test debunked that idea. It is however enriching to know how many cultures we carry.
My old crib back in 1990
NoWay Jose
Baby crib?