Border Wars

Season 3

TV-14
National Geographic takes you behind the scenes and gives you an inside look at the line of duty of the U.S. Border Partrol.

13 Episodes

  • Seize and Destroy
    E1
    Seize and DestroyDrugs, guns, cars and money are just some of the items confiscated on a typical day by Customs and Border Protection (CBP). But what happens to this contraband after it is seized?
  • Cocaine Sting
    E2
    Cocaine StingAlong the El Paso-Juarez border, agents and officers of the Department of Homeland Security investigate a young couple who are suspected human smugglers, uncover a floor of marijuana in an SUV, and target a high-level supplier in a drug sting.
  • Marijuana Airdrop
    E3
    Marijuana AirdropCBP agents dismantle an observation point used by smugglers to monitor agents' movements in the remote desert, and seize a vehicle attempting to carry weapons and nearly $800,000 back to the Mexican cartels.
  • Smuggler's Tunnel
    E4
    Smuggler's TunnelIn this episode of Border Wars, agents and officers struggle to stop cartels and illegal immigrants whove found weak spots in spite of increased fortification along the U.S.-Mexico Border. Four feet beneath Nogales, agents crawl through a claustrophobic drug smuggling tunnel, knowing they could come face to face with armed criminals. Near the Port of Entry, Nogales Rail Inspection Team is on high alert as a freight train full of new automobiles rumbles toward them. Trains, with infinite hiding places, are becoming a favorite place for cartels to stash drugs: If the officers arent careful, they could easily miss a load. In the desert, Border Patrols only dirt bike unit races after a group of illegal immigrants. But in this sprawling Indian Reservation, the agents will need skill - and luck - to catch them.
  • Drug-Smuggling Grandma
    E5
    Drug-Smuggling GrandmaWith the help of a Blackhawk helicopter, agents arrest a suspected smuggler who is backpacking drugs into the U.S.
  • Murder Capital
    E6
    Murder CapitalCustoms 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.
  • Cartel Corridor
    E7
    Cartel CorridorBorder agents in Arizona defend a national park overrun by smugglers.
  • Contraband Cargo
    E8
    Contraband CargoBorder agents in El Paso, Texas battle to secure the city from human trafficking and drug smuggling.
  • Going Underground
    E9
    Going UndergroundAgents and officers work around the clock to secure the border between El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
  • River Under Siege
    E10
    River Under SiegeAgents chase smugglers in a dangerous high-speed pursuit.
  • Toxic Drug Tanker
    E11
    Toxic Drug TankerAgents patrol the Rio Grande Valley in southernmost tip of South Texas. They catch drug smugglers burying contraband in tanker trucks and illegal immigrants sneaking around highway checkpoints in the middle of the night.
  • Million Dollar Stash
    E12
    Million Dollar StashIn this episode of Border Wars, we travel to the Rio Grande Valley in the southernmost tip of Texas. Along a sixty-mile stretch from McAllen to Brownsville, drug smugglers and illegal immigrants risk their lives to cross the floodwaters of the Rio Grande and make illegal entry to the United States.
  • River Standoff
    E13
    River StandoffA search team races to rescue a mother and her son who were abandoned by smugglers in the brush.

 

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