The BEST episodes of Border Wars
Every episode of Border Wars ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Border Wars!
The officers and agents of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) scour the inhospitable landscape at one of the busiest border crossings in the country, seeking to intercept illegal entrants from the air, on the ground, and at the port of entry. Every day thousands of men, women and children attempt to enter the United States illegally -- some looking for work, some seeking a new life and others trying to smuggle drugs or other contraband. Many will do whatever it takes, often risking their lives by crossing Arizona's treacherous Sonoran Desert. Now, follow the officers and agents who struggle every day to defend this border, including: Officer Hector Navarro, part of the anti-terrorism contraband enforcement team; Agent Simon Keller, part of an 18-man all-terrain vehicle unit that navigates desert terrain too rough for cars; Officer Oscar Peru, who patrols the vast Arizona desert from a helicopter; Officer Mark Shanley, a 26-year CBP veteran who uses his hard-won experience to supplement the official manual; and Chief Rene Felix, a Nogales native with a personal mission to keep drug smugglers out of his town.
#2 - War Games
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/21/2012
Tactical cat-and-mouse games used in the war on drugs.
#3 - Death on the Rio Grande
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/29/2010
Agents try to identify the body of a young man who drowned while trying to cross the Rio Grande. Later, officers crack down on a human-smuggling operation and raid a safe house containing more than 20 illegal immigrants.
#4 - Special Ops
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/5/2012
Specially trained agents deal with problems specific to the border in South Texas.
#5 - Midnight Drug Run
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/3/2010
Agents conduct a citywide sting in San Juan in an effort to bust gang-affiliated drug dealers. In Miami, deportation officers deal with a complex case of a family man facing deportation.
#6 - Traffic
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/14/2012
Illegal traffic between the Rio Grande and the Falfurrias Checkpoint in South Texas.
#7 - The War Comes Home
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/19/2012
Agents in South Texas work to stop drug dealers, smugglers and undocumented immigrants from infiltrating residential neighborhoods and getting innocent bystanders involved.
#9 - 24-Hour Watch
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/26/2012
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.
#10 - Meth Mobile
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/16/2012
The agents enlist the help of the A-Star surveillance helicopter to track a suspected smuggling ring.
#11 - Murder Capital
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/2/2011
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.
#12 - Storm Surge
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/22/2010
A truck with canned jalapenos is found to have marijuana; a human smuggler will not give up stranded immigrants; agents raid a suspected stash house.
#13 - Cartel Crackdown
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/8/2010
A search for suspected illegal immigrants turns into a rescue mission when they get disoriented in the sweltering heat. A SWAT team busts a suspected coke house.
#14 - High-Speed Chase
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/1/2010
Border agents pursue a car filled with suspected illegal immigrants. Later, the SWAT team raids a suspected heroin stash house. A spare tire stuffed with hundred-dollar bills is discovered by officers.
#15 - Gang Task Force
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/20/2010
A gang member becomes an informant after he's apprehended in Miami. A marijuana grow house is raided by undercover agents. The U.S. Coast Guard intercepts a boat carrying more than 500 lbs. of cocaine and a strange mystery substance.
#16 - Murder on the Lake
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/17/2010
Examining the Sept. 30, 2010, death of American tourist David Hartley, who was allegedly shot by Mexican pirates during a sightseeing trip on Falcon Lake near the Texas-Mexico border.
#17 - Hidden Narcotics
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/13/2010
Agents stage a sting operation and infiltrate a human-smuggling operation. Hidden narcotics are uncovered in a car passing through California's San Ysidro Port of Entry.
#18 - Dirty Money
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/29/2010
The California Border Patrol seeks out corruption within its own ranks. Rookie agents pursue illegal immigrants. Officers intercept a huge stash of drug-cartel money.
#19 - Lost in the River
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/15/2010
Agents search for nine missing people in the Rio Grande. A man wanted for murder tries to cross the border in Hidalgo, Texas. A group of suspected drug smugglers are tracked through the night.
#20 - Checkpoint Texas
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/1/2010
A rookie agent and his canine partner uncover more than 1000 pounds of marijuana hidden in an 18-wheeler. An Ecuadorian woman and her daughter are rescued after being abandoned by smugglers. A group of illegal crossers send agents on a four-hour chase..
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Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/10/2010
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. A report on illegal immigration follows drug smugglers and job seekers as they risk their lives attempting to cross the Mexico-U.S. border. Also, a look inside the U.S. Border Patrol.
#22 - The Front Lines
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/25/2010
Officer Hector Navarro apprehends a heroin smuggler at the Nogales, Ariz., port of entry. Meanwhile, a wanted man with a criminal past tries crossing through the Nogales pedestrian gate.
#23 - Dead of Night
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/18/2010
Five agents are outnumbered when they come across a group of armed drug mules in the desert. Later, a nervous woman tries crossing the border, but it appears that she's not who she claims.
#24 - City Under Siege
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/11/2010
Undercover agents investigate a house in Nogales, Ariz., where illegal immigrants and human smugglers are believed to be living. Also, an elaborate tunnel used by smugglers, fugitives and illegal immigrants is found.
#25 - Last Defense
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/10/2010
Border Patrol agents stop a pickup truck filled with people who have crossed illegally from Mexico in the opener of this documentary series following officers and agents of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Also, a group of badly dehydrated border crossers are rescued in the scorching desert.
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