Border Wars

2010 • National Geographic Channel

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Season 1 episodes (5)

1 City Under Siege

1/11/10

A special undercover group shuts down a house in Nogales, the quarters of suspected illegal immigrants. The agents are faced with the challenge of singling out the human smugglers, or "coyotes," and getting these suspected criminals off the streets.

2 Dead of Night

1/17/10

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.

3 Last Defense

2/1/10

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.

4 No End in Sight

1/25/10

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.

5 The Front Lines

1/10/10

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.

About this show

National Geographic goes inside the world of U.S. Customs and Border Protection for an unprecedented look at their efforts to prevent illegal immigration and drug smuggling along the U.S.-Mexico border.

From the inhospitable desert wilderness to the underground smuggling tunnels, Border Wars follows the chases, rescues and busts, and the agents and officers who use every means available to track illegal entrants in the unending quest to secure the border.

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