Episode list

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.

Agents turn a Miami gang member into an informant, raid a marijuana grow house, and intercept a boat carrying more than 500 pounds of cocaine.

National Geographic's ripped-from-the-headlines Border Wars special explores Mexico's drug war.

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

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.

An officer responsible for intercepting drug money being smuggled into Mexico detains a suspect and uncovers a stash of suspected contraband profits. CBP seeks out corruption within its own ranks, which can be vulnerable to cartel bribes and double agents. Two newly graduated agents put their training to the test in pursuit of illegal immigrants in the desert. After being beaten to the punch on their first assignment, they have a second chance when another group of crossers heads deep into the nearby mountains.

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.

Agents in Puerto Rico enter one of San Juan's most notorious housing projects for an undercover "buy and bust" operation to intercept a dump truck full of cocaine, and race to find illegal immigrants who have landed on a secluded beach.

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.

Officers and agents of U.S. Customs and Border Protection work 24/7 to patrol the border between San Diego, California and the Mexican city of Tijuana.