Border Wars (TV series)

Border Wars is an American documentary television series on the National Geographic Channel. The program follows agents of the U.S. Border Patrol (USBP), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and other divisions of the Department of Homeland Security as they investigate and apprehend illegal immigrants, drug smugglers, and other criminals violating immigration laws. The series follows Air Interdiction Agents and Marine Interdiction Agents who patrol along the U.S.-Mexico border, as well as southern Florida and Puerto Rico.^[2]

Border Wars
Genre	Documentary
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	56
Production
Running time	42 minutes
Original release
Network	National Geographic Channel
Release	January 10, 2010 (2010-01-10) – April 15, 2015 (2015-04-15)^[1]

Episodes

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
1	5		January 1, 2010	February 10, 2010
2	17		August 29, 2010	January 31, 2011
3	13		September 4, 2011	November 27, 2011
4	12		July 9, 2012	September 24, 2012
5	9		November 14, 2012	January 16, 2013

Season 1 (2010)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date
1	1	"Last Defense"	January 10, 2010 (2010-01-10)
2	2	"City Under Siege"	January 11, 2010 (2010-01-11)
3	3	"Dead Of Night"	January 18, 2010 (2010-01-18)
4	4	"The Front Lines"	January 25, 2010 (2010-01-25)
5	5	"No End In Sight"	February 10, 2010 (2010-02-10)

Season 2 (2010–11)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date
6	1	"Death On The Rio Grande"	August 29, 2010 (2010-08-29)
7	2	"Checkpoint Texas"	September 1, 2010 (2010-09-01)
8	3	"Contraband Highway"	September 8, 2010 (2010-09-08)
9	4	"Lost In The River"	September 15, 2010 (2010-09-15)
10	5	"Dirty Money"	September 29, 2010 (2010-09-29)
11	6	"Fog Of War"	October 6, 2010 (2010-10-06)
12	7	"Hidden Narcotics"	October 13, 2010 (2010-10-13)
13	8	"Manhunt"	October 20, 2010 (2010-10-20)
14	9	"Midnight Drug Run"	November 3, 2010 (2010-11-03)
15	10	"3,000 Pound Coke Bust"	November 10, 2010 (2010-11-10)
16	11	"Murder On The Lake"	November 17, 2010 (2010-11-17)
17	12	"Gang Task Force"	December 1, 2010 (2010-12-01)
18	13	"High-Speed Chase"	December 8, 2010 (2010-12-08)
19	14	"Cartel Crackdown"	December 15, 2010 (2010-12-15)
20	15	"Storm Surge"	December 22, 2010 (2010-12-22)
21	16	"Weed Warehouse"	January 5, 2011 (2011-01-05)
22	17	"Super Sunday"	January 31, 2011 (2011-01-31)

Season 3 (2011)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date
23	1	"Seize And Destroy"	September 4, 2011 (2011-09-04)
24	2	"Cocaine Sting"	September 4, 2011 (2011-09-04)
25	3	"Marijuana Airdrop"	September 11, 2011 (2011-09-11)
26	4	"Smuggler's Tunnel"	September 18, 2011 (2011-09-18)
27	5	"Drug-Smuggling Grandma"	September 25, 2011 (2011-09-25)
28	6	"Murder Capital"	October 2, 2011 (2011-10-02)
29	7	"Cartel Corridor"	October 16, 2011 (2011-10-16)
30	8	"Contraband Cargo"	October 23, 2011 (2011-10-23)
31	9	"Going Underground"	October 30, 2011 (2011-10-30)
32	10	"River Under Siege"	November 6, 2011 (2011-11-06)
33	11	"Toxic Drug Tanker"	November 13, 2011 (2011-11-13)
34	12	"Million Dollar Stash"	November 20, 2011 (2011-11-20)
35	13	"River Standoff"	November 27, 2011 (2011-11-27)

Season 4 (2012)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date
36	1	"Bullets Over the Border"	July 9, 2012 (2012-07-09)
37	2	"Meth Mobile"	July 16, 2012 (2012-07-16)
38	3	"Contraband Corridor"	July 23, 2012 (2012-07-23)
39	4	"Rio Grande Reefer"	July 30, 2012 (2012-07-30)
40	5	"Hidden Tunnel"	August 6, 2012 (2012-08-06)
41	6	"Cartel Cash Stash"	August 13, 2012 (2012-08-13)
42	7	"Fence Jumpers"	August 20, 2012 (2012-08-20)
43	8	"Tunnel Smoke-out"	August 27, 2012 (2012-08-27)
44	9	"Midnight Drug Trap"	September 3, 2012 (2012-09-03)
45	10	"Cocaine Paradise"	September 10, 2012 (2012-09-10)
46	11	"Cocaine Dump Truck"	September 17, 2012 (2012-09-17)
47	12	"Cash in the Tank"	September 24, 2012 (2012-09-24)

Season 5 (2012–13)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date
48	1	"Traffic"	November 14, 2012 (2012-11-14)
50	2	"War Games"	November 21, 2012 (2012-11-21)
51	3	"War on the Streets"	November 28, 2012 (2012-11-28)
52	4	"Special Ops"	December 5, 2012 (2012-12-05)
53	5	"Cash and Corruption"	December 12, 2012 (2012-12-12)
54	6	"The War Comes Home"	December 19, 2012 (2012-12-19)
55	7	"Animals on the Frontline"	January 2, 2013 (2013-01-02)
56	8	"Smuggler's Stash"	January 9, 2013 (2013-01-09)
57	9	"24-Hour Watch"	January 16, 2013 (2013-01-16)

Reception

Common Sense Media rated the show 3 out of 5 stars.^[3]

References

1. "Border Wars".
2. "'Border Wars' Nat Geo Channel Series Embeds Viewers Inside Real-World Battles Raging Across Our Borders". thefutoncritic. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
3. Camacho, Melissa. "Border Wars". Common Sense Media. Retrieved 30 May 2022.

External links

• Official website
• Border Wars at IMDb