Border Wars

A few miles east in the border town of Mission, Texas, local police raid a suspected drug stash house holding $2 million worth of marijuana. In nearby Edinburg, Texas, agents discover a house with undocumented immigrants living in deplorable conditions. And at the Falfurrias checkpoint, agents and officers suspect that a truck hauling watermelons may be transporting more than just fruit into the United States.

Every day, U.S. law enforcement uses clever tactics against the smuggling operations that transport illegal goods over the border into the United States and the smugglers fight back with their own tricks.

The ascendance of drug cartels in Mexico and their battle over smuggling routes has upped the stakes for both drug traffickers and undocumented immigrants attempting to cross into the United States.

Spend a night with the U.S. Border Patrol RIIP team - a team that adjusts their tactics and hours according to the current smuggling trends - as they track down a large group of suspected illegal immigrants hiding in the dense weeds on an embankment.

In the border town Havana, new agent Rodney Garza plays a role in tracking a suspected smuggler, who is subsequently arrested.

Sometimes, the lure of easy money turns ordinary citizens into criminals. Along the border, drug trafficking and illegal immigrant smuggling don't affect just law enforcement. They touch everybody in the community.