Border Wars

Contraband seized by Customs and Border Protection needs to be handled, and in some cases disposed of, in a strictly regulated manner.

The investigation of a couple who are suspected human drug smugglers may lead back to a high-level supplier.

Border agents in Nogales, Ariz. seize a vehicle carrying weapons and nearly $800,000 dollars.

Agents uncover a drug smuggling tunnel and narcotics in a freight train.

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

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.

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

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

El Paso officers detain a father and son suspected of smuggling drugs.

Customs and Border Patrol Agents defend the active border town of Brownsville, Texas.

Smugglers bury drugs inside the toxic content of tanker trucks.

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

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