Border Patrol agents stop a pickup truck filled with people who have crossed illegally from Mexico in the opener of this documentary series following officers and agents of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Also, a group of badly dehydrated border crossers are rescued in the scorching desert.
Undercover agents investigate a house in Nogales, Ariz., where illegal immigrants and human smugglers are believed to be living. Also, an elaborate tunnel used by smugglers, fugitives and illegal immigrants is found.
Five agents are outnumbered when they come across a group of armed drug mules in the desert. Later, a nervous woman tries crossing the border, but it appears that she's not who she claims.
Officer Hector Navarro apprehends a heroin smuggler at the Nogales, Ariz., port of entry. Meanwhile, a wanted man with a criminal past tries crossing through the Nogales pedestrian gate.
National Geographic goes inside the US-Mexico border with unprecedented access to the growing arsenal of high tech cameras, ground radar, and skilled trackers who are faced with the challenge of controlling the desert every day. A report on illegal immigration follows drug smugglers and job seekers as they risk their lives attempting to cross the Mexico-U.S. border. Also, a look inside the U.S. Border Patrol.
Agents try to identify the body of a young man who drowned while trying to cross the Rio Grande. Later, officers crack down on a human-smuggling operation and raid a safe house containing more than 20 illegal immigrants.
A rookie agent and his canine partner uncover more than 1000 pounds of marijuana hidden in an 18-wheeler. An Ecuadorian woman and her daughter are rescued after being abandoned by smugglers. A group of illegal crossers send agents on a four-hour chase..
More than $600,000 worth of crystal meth is found hidden in an SUV. A car filled with firearms and ammunition tries to cross the border checkpoint in Hidalgo, Texas.
Agents search for nine missing people in the Rio Grande. A man wanted for murder tries to cross the border in Hidalgo, Texas. A group of suspected drug smugglers are tracked through the night.
The California Border Patrol seeks out corruption within its own ranks. Rookie agents pursue illegal immigrants. Officers intercept a huge stash of drug-cartel money.
Agents stop a truck trailer packed with 30 illegal immigrants. A huge payload of marijuana is seized.
Agents stage a sting operation and infiltrate a human-smuggling operation. Hidden narcotics are uncovered in a car passing through California's San Ysidro Port of Entry.
A woman tries to sneak across the border in hopes of reuniting with her husband and son. An investigation of a human-smuggling ring leads to a tense standoff.
Agents conduct a citywide sting in San Juan in an effort to bust gang-affiliated drug dealers. In Miami, deportation officers deal with a complex case of a family man facing deportation.
Dismantling North Miami Beach gangs; corrupt employees on a cruise liner; a drug load off the coast of Puerto Rico.
Examining the Sept. 30, 2010, death of American tourist David Hartley, who was allegedly shot by Mexican pirates during a sightseeing trip on Falcon Lake near the Texas-Mexico border.
A gang member becomes an informant after he's apprehended in Miami. A marijuana grow house is raided by undercover agents. The U.S. Coast Guard intercepts a boat carrying more than 500 lbs. of cocaine and a strange mystery substance.
Border agents pursue a car filled with suspected illegal immigrants. Later, the SWAT team raids a suspected heroin stash house. A spare tire stuffed with hundred-dollar bills is discovered by officers.
A search for suspected illegal immigrants turns into a rescue mission when they get disoriented in the sweltering heat. A SWAT team busts a suspected coke house.
A truck with canned jalapenos is found to have marijuana; a human smuggler will not give up stranded immigrants; agents raid a suspected stash house.
A stolen vehicle is abandoned after it flips over during a high-speed chase, and a huge load of marijuana is found inside
Agents beef up security in Miami in preparation for Super Bowl XLIV, while also patrolling the rest of the city for drug trafficking and illegal immigration.
Contraband seized by Customs and Border Protection needs to be handled, and in some cases disposed of, in a strictly regulated manner.
The investigation of a couple who are suspected human drug smugglers may lead back to a high-level supplier.
Border agents in Nogales, Ariz. seize a vehicle carrying weapons and nearly $800,000 dollars.
Agents uncover a drug smuggling tunnel and narcotics in a freight train.
With the help of a Blackhawk helicopter, agents arrest a suspected smuggler who is backpacking drugs into the U.S.
Customs and Border Protection patrol the crucial boundary between El Paso, one of the safest cities in the U.S. and Cuidad Juarez, considered one of the most dangerous cities in the world.
Border agents in Arizona defend a national park overrun by smugglers.
Border agents in El Paso, Texas battle to secure the city from human trafficking and drug smuggling.
El Paso officers detain a father and son suspected of smuggling drugs.
Customs and Border Patrol Agents defend the active border town of Brownsville, Texas.
Smugglers bury drugs inside the toxic content of tanker trucks.
Agents persue a pickup truck loaded down with drugs ferried from Mexico; a routine vehicle inspection uncovers a large stash of heroin.
A search team races to rescue a mother and her son who were abandoned by smugglers in the brush.
Agents respond to a shoot-out on the Rio Grande; a stash of cocaine hidden in a car floor.
The agents enlist the help of the A-Star surveillance helicopter to track a suspected smuggling ring.
A large stash of cocaine is discovered in a unique hiding place; millions of dollars of heroin is seized at port.
Human smugglers and the drug cartels use the Rio Grande River as a route to cross the border with their contraband.
The flow of illegal immigrants and drugs; Border Patrol's campaign for new methods to avoid detection.
Cartels with nearly $1 million in cash and drugs; crystal meth in a war veteran's SUV; decoy bundles.
An illegal immigrant chase; new crossing and concealment strategies.
A getaway car smuggling drugs; illegal immigrants led by a human smuggler; a hidden tunnel in a house.
Agents set up a trap in an area of the Arizona desert known as "The Jungle"; agents discover a major drug-running tunnel.
In Puerto Rico, agents try to keep a drug seizure for transport to San Juan; a suspected drug smuggler enters Puerto Rico from the Dominican Republic.
An undercover "buy and bust" operation in Puerto Rico; agents race to find illegal immigrants who have landed on a secluded beach.
The open coastline of Puerto Rico is used as a springboard into the U.S. by drug traffickers and contraband dealers
Illegal traffic between the Rio Grande and the Falfurrias Checkpoint in South Texas.
Tactical cat-and-mouse games used in the war on drugs.
South Texas has become a hotspot for smuggling activities on the border.
Specially trained agents deal with problems specific to the border in South Texas.
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Agents in South Texas work to stop drug dealers, smugglers and undocumented immigrants from infiltrating residential neighborhoods and getting innocent bystanders involved.
The action never stops for Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents and local law enforcement who patrol the border 24 hours a day, seven days a week. As dawn breaks, agents track a group of suspected illegal immigrants from Mexico.
For those rare occasions when human skills are insufficient, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents and local law enforcement officers turn to their friends in the animal world for some on-the-job help. In Rio Grande City, Archie, a CBP K-9, helps agents track a group of illegal immigrants spotted passing through.
Drugs, humans, weapons and money can be hidden anywhere by anyone at any time, and nobody knows that better than the law enforcement officers who work on or near the border. Laredo narcotics officers raid a residence in a school zone after a confidential informant buys crack cocaine direct from a drug dealer's house.
The show takes a look at the highest valued multi-million dollar drug busts along the border.
Follow along as border patrol agents hunt down drug runners and illegal immigrants trying to cross the border and sneak into the U.S. any way they possibly can.
