Border Wars (2010)

Season 3

Border Wars is an American documentary television series on the National Geographic Channel. The program follows agents of the U.S. Border Patrol, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and other divisions of the Department of Homeland Security as they investigate and apprehend illegal aliens, drug smugglers, and other criminals violating immigration to the United States and customs laws. The series also follows Air Interdiction Agents, and Marine Interdiction Agents who patrol along the U.S.-Mexico border, as well as southern Florida and Puerto Rico.

Released Jan. 10, 2010 Episode 60 min 14+

Genres: Crime, Documentary, Reality, Reality TV

Keywords: imdb.ajo-arizona, imdb.arizona-desert, imdb.arizona-territory, imdb.non-fiction, imdb.arizona

Network: National Geographic

Country: United States
Languages: English

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S3E1 - Seize and Destroy

Drugs, 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?

Sept. 4, 2011, midnight

S3E2 - Cocaine Sting

Along 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.

Sept. 4, 2011, midnight

S3E3 - Marijuana Airdrop

CBP 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.

Sept. 11, 2011, midnight

S3E4 - Smuggler's Tunnel

In 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.

Sept. 18, 2011, midnight

S3E5 - Drug-Smuggling Grandma

With the help of a Blackhawk helicopter, agents arrest a suspected smuggler who is backpacking drugs into the U.S.

Sept. 25, 2011, midnight

S3E6 - Murder Capital

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.

Oct. 2, 2011, midnight

S3E7 - Cartel Corridor

Border agents in Arizona defend a national park overrun by smugglers.

Oct. 16, 2011, midnight

S3E8 - Contraband Cargo

Border agents in El Paso, Texas battle to secure the city from human trafficking and drug smuggling.

Oct. 23, 2011, midnight

S3E9 - Going Underground

Agents and officers work around the clock to secure the border between El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

Oct. 30, 2011, midnight

S3E10 - River Under Siege

Agents chase smugglers in a dangerous high-speed pursuit.

Nov. 6, 2011, midnight

S3E11 - Toxic Drug Tanker

Agents 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.

Nov. 13, 2011, midnight

S3E12 - Million Dollar Stash

Agents persue a pickup truck loaded down with drugs ferried from Mexico; a routine vehicle inspection uncovers a large stash of heroin.

Nov. 20, 2011, midnight

S3E13 - River Standoff

A search team races to rescue a mother and her son who were abandoned by smugglers in the brush.

Nov. 27, 2011, midnight

Network: National Geographic

Episode Runtime: 60 min.

Season Runtime: 60 min.

Released: Jan. 10, 2010

Last Air Date: April 15, 2015, midnight

Status: Canceled

Certification: TV-14 / 14+

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