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17 Episodes 2010 - 2011
Episode 1
Sun, Aug 29, 201051 mins
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.
Episode 2
Wed, Sep 1, 201051 mins
Aviation Enforcement Pilot John Manheimer and his Black Hawk team struggle to track down and stop suspected illegal border crossers and drug smugglers in the rugged mountain terrain of the Sonoran Desert.
Episode 3
Wed, Sep 15, 201051 mins
Border Patrol Agents William Ortiz and Eduardo Berlanga intercept a pickup truck packed with people who have illegally crossed the border. The situation heats up when they find two young twin girls and a distrustful father.
Episode 4
Wed, Sep 8, 201046 mins
Officer Hector Navarro stops a silver pickup truck at the Nogales port of entry. When suspicion prompts a canine sniff for narcotics a cleverly hidden trove of heroin is uncovered - breaking an all-time record for drug busts at this port of entry.
Episode 5
Wed, Sep 29, 201046 mins
An officer responsible for intercepting drug money being smuggled into Mexico detains a suspect and uncovers a stash of suspected contraband profits. CBP seeks out corruption within its own ranks, which can be vulnerable to cartel bribes and double agents. Two newly graduated agents put their training to the test in pursuit of illegal immigrants in the desert. After being beaten to the punch on their first assignment, they have a second chance when another group of crossers heads deep into the nearby mountains.
Episode 6
Wed, Oct 6, 201047 mins
Officers and agents in San Diego discover thirty people elaborately concealed in a tractor-trailer, race to prevent people from illegally crossing the border under the cover of a blinding fog, and unearth a payload of hundreds of pounds of marijuana carefully hidden behind the cab of a tractor-trailer.
Episode 7
Wed, Oct 13, 201047 mins
Officers and agents of U.S. Customs and Border Protection work 24/7 to patrol the border between San Diego, California and the Mexican city of Tijuana.
Episode 8
Wed, Oct 20, 201047 mins
On the U.S.-Mexico border, officers and agents work to fight the threat of terrorism while remaining vigilant against illegal immigration and contraband smuggling.
Episode 10
Wed, Nov 3, 201047 mins
National Geographic goes behind the scenes as agents and officers of the Department of Homeland Security apprehend airline passengers with counterfeit identification, intercept a load of narcotics on a boat bound for Florida, and raid an area in Puerto Rico hoping to dismantle gang and drug operations.
Episode 11
Wed, Nov 10, 201047 mins
Witness one of the Caribbean's largest drug busts of the year when more than 1.5 tons of cocaine are found aboard a Panamanian fishing boat heading to the U.S.
Episode 12
Wed, Nov 17, 201047 mins
National Geographic's ripped-from-the-headlines Border Wars special explores Mexico's drug war.
Episode 13
Wed, Dec 1, 201046 mins
Agents turn a Miami gang member into an informant, raid a marijuana grow house, and intercept a boat carrying more than 500 pounds of cocaine.
Episode 14
Wed, Dec 8, 201046 mins
Take chase with border agents as they pursue suspected illegal immigrants in brutal conditions.
Episode 15
Wed, Dec 15, 201047 mins
Follow along as agents track a group of suspected illegal immigrants hiking through private ranchland on an unusual trail--one that's headed in the wrong direction.
Episode 16
Wed, Dec 22, 201047 mins
Border agents barter with a human smuggler who won't give up immigrants stranded in turbulent waters in the aftermath of Hurricane Alex.
Episode 17
Wed, Jan 5, 201146 mins
Following a high-speed chase, border agents uncover a huge load of marijuana in a flipped stolen vehicle.
Episode 18
Mon, Jan 31, 201146 mins
A week before Super Bowl XLIV in Miami, agents execute rigorous drills on land, water and in the air to prevent a security breach at America's largest sporting event.