About this season
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.
Episodes (10)
1. Traffic
Aired 14 November 2012
Illegal traffic between the Rio Grande and the Falfurrias Checkpoint in South Texas.
2. War Games
Aired 21 November 2012
Tactical cat-and-mouse games used in the war on drugs.
3. War on the Streets
Aired 28 November 2012
South Texas has become a hotspot for smuggling activities on the border.
4. Special Ops
Aired 5 December 2012
Specially trained agents deal with problems specific to the border in South Texas.
5. Rio Grande Rookies
Aired 12 December 2012
Not Available.
6. The War Comes Home
Aired 19 December 2012
Agents in South Texas work to stop drug dealers, smugglers and undocumented immigrants from infiltrating residential neighborhoods and getting innocent bystanders involved.
7. 24-Hour Watch
Aired 26 December 2012
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.
8. Animals on the Frontline
Aired 2 January 2013
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.
9. Smuggler's Stash
Aired 9 January 2013
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.
10. Cash and Corruption
Aired 16 January 2013