Border Force America's Gatekeepers

Name: Border Force America's Gatekeepers
Released: 1995-05-26T00:00:00.000Z

TV Show · Documentary

28 bridges cross the notorious Rio Grande between Texas and Mexico, providing a gateway for legitimate goods and a lucrative pipeline for illegal contraband, weapons and drugs.

1995 · 43m

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

Officers are on alert for a cartel ambush as they transfer a Sicario to the Mexican military. A random inspection of a pick-up truck reveals 32 kilogrammes of narcotics.
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

The Border Force discover cardboard packaging that hides a deadly secret, and heroin disguised as a laptop baffles the most advanced narcotic detection device.
EPISODE 3

Episode 3

An elderly couple arrives from Mexico with five suitcases but no clothes, and a truck carrying garden furniture has something extra in the load.
EPISODE 4

Episode 4

Officers pull over a man from Mexico who is making a rare journey to the US in a new car and a pedestrian gets more than he bargains for when he is mistaken for a wanted man.
EPISODE 5

Episode 5

Officers in Brownsville process an American citizen who crossed over the Rio Grande 20 years ago - and discover the reason he didn't want to come back.
EPISODE 6

Episode 6

A Cuban woman crosses the bridge in the hope of being granted political asylum in America, while officers in Laredo stop three students carrying something unusual in their car.