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In the latest installment of Borderforce USA, Season 7 Episode 8 takes you to the front lines of national security. This episode delves into the critical operations at the U.S. borders, showcasing the dedication and challenges faced by customs and border protection officers.
Witness firsthand the sophisticated methods employed to detect illicit goods and contraband. The team navigates complex scenarios, utilizing advanced technology and keen observational skills to safeguard the nation. Discover the intricate processes involved in vetting travelers and ensuring swift yet secure passage.
The episode highlights the human element of border security, exploring the personal stories and professional expertise of the officers. Understand the constant vigilance required to uphold immigration laws and prevent illegal entry. This provides a compelling look into the daily realities of protecting American borders.
#BorderforceUSA #CustomsAndBorderProtection #NationalSecurity
Witness firsthand the sophisticated methods employed to detect illicit goods and contraband. The team navigates complex scenarios, utilizing advanced technology and keen observational skills to safeguard the nation. Discover the intricate processes involved in vetting travelers and ensuring swift yet secure passage.
The episode highlights the human element of border security, exploring the personal stories and professional expertise of the officers. Understand the constant vigilance required to uphold immigration laws and prevent illegal entry. This provides a compelling look into the daily realities of protecting American borders.
#BorderforceUSA #CustomsAndBorderProtection #NationalSecurity
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00:07Every year, over 200,000 tons of drugs are seized at the U.S.-Mexico border.
00:14The sheer number of travelers we get, we have to always be vigilant.
00:20Cartels rely on a network of couriers to smuggle in their narcotics.
00:30Today, at the Eagle Pass International Bridge...
00:34Bravo 18, Bravo 18, Tango Hotel, Lane 3.
00:39Officers have received a tip-off that a driver returning from Mexico
00:43may be smuggling cartel drugs in her vehicle.
00:47This vehicle was referred for an enforcement inspection.
00:50She was nervous. She was avoiding eye contact.
00:56The car is sent to the Z portal for x-ray.
01:02I notice anomalies on the floor and under the seat on the passenger side.
01:07And also, I can see some dense areas under the driver.
01:13Usually, it should be able to see through.
01:16It's throughout the floor, on both sides.
01:19Officer Guzman suspects the dark shadows could be hidden contraband.
01:24Right now, this subject is going to be detained.
01:27I'm just going to be placed in a cell.
01:30We're going to tear the vehicle apart to find out what it is.
01:33If drugs are found, she could be facing a long stretch behind bars.
01:37Let's go.
01:48We found something.
01:49Mike, Mike.
01:50Go ahead.
01:51We found it.
01:52Are we going to be taking jail?
01:53We have to do what we have to do.
02:16The Gateway International Bridge separates Brownsville, Texas,
02:24from the city of Matamoros, Mexico.
02:31Each day, thousands of day-trippers cross back and forth.
02:37And everyone coming into the U.S.
02:39is checked against the National Crime Database.
02:42Your purpose in Mexico?
02:44Is that on Medicare and pedicure?
02:45Yes, thank you.
02:47Next?
02:48Here.
02:49Today, a young man returning to the U.S.
02:53after going to Mexico for a haircut has been detained.
02:56There's a subject who has a warrant for his arrest.
03:03He was patted down by the officers.
03:09With the pat-down cleared, he's held in an interview room.
03:18And you said you were getting a haircut in Mexico?
03:20Yes, ma'am.
03:22You stated you've never been arrested?
03:24Never been arrested in my life.
03:25Never, never.
03:25Never gotten in trouble with the police?
03:28I've gotten tickets, but never been arrested.
03:30Okay.
03:30When's the last time you got a ticket that you know of?
03:32No problem.
03:34Approximately the time?
03:36I think at least more than a year.
03:38More than a year?
03:38Okay.
03:39So, yeah.
03:40Do you know with who it was, what county, what police officer that you know of?
03:45No?
03:45Okay.
03:47Okay.
03:48The man claims to know nothing about the warrant.
03:56Usually when they come in and we know they have a warrant, we usually ask them,
04:01hey, have you ever been arrested?
04:03Have you ever had trouble with police lately?
04:06Some of them say yes, others say no, or they forget.
04:11Public record information on the warrant comes through to Officer Anaya.
04:14He is wanted for evading arrest.
04:18Evading arrest is a serious crime, which can result in significant prison time.
04:24Usually that's either they're trying to arrest you and not complying or just try to run away
04:29or try to hit him.
04:30Yeah, I think it's you right here, sir, please.
04:31Okay.
04:33In order to determine that his details match those on the warrant, his fingerprints are taken.
04:47If he is the wanted man, he will be taken to jail.
04:55Nothing's actually showing on the prints.
04:57Nothing came up.
04:58Nothing, nothing.
04:59With the man's fingerprints not showing up in the system,
05:02officers need to find another way to confirm if he really is the wanted man.
05:16In Eagle Pass, officers have stopped a driver returning to the U.S. from Mexico
05:22after a tip-off revealed she may be a cartel drug courier.
05:27Let's throw out the floor from both sides.
05:36Officers begin their search.
05:38Let's take off the center console.
05:44The trap door should be in the center console room.
05:48There you go.
05:49It's all loose, right?
05:51When drugs are concealed in hard-to-reach places,
05:55cartels have typically constructed a trap door for access.
05:59There's no one on the trap door, are you?
06:01No?
06:02Bueno, let's go ahead and take off the seats.
06:06But so far, no such door can be found.
06:10Officers begin the painstaking process of removing the seats to continue their hunt.
06:18There's a door here.
06:20Do you want to do this one?
06:28You have to find a compartment.
06:39There it is.
06:42They put a lot of work into trying to hide it.
06:44It takes a lot of ingenuity to put them in like that, especially in the floor.
06:49With loads this big, cartels often hide a tracker to keep tabs on their couriers and product.
07:00I guess that way, I found the checker.
07:02It's right here.
07:03Right there.
07:04But it is.
07:05Before officers continue their search, they need to make sure no one else is listening in.
07:13This is the tracker.
07:15You're usually put under the steering wheel on this area.
07:19It's the communication between the driver and whoever is sent in the vehicle.
07:24And also, there might be mics inside.
07:26So that's the top.
07:28So that's the top.
07:29So that's the top.
07:29So that's the top.
07:30So that's the top.
07:34Officer Carranco has broken the signal.
07:38The team can now resume the inspection, knowing the cartel isn't monitoring their conversations.
07:50And it's not long before another trapdoor is found.
08:00It is.
08:01It's not going to be the whole thing.
08:03The whole thing?
08:03Open the floor?
08:05Yeah, it's going to be a lot.
08:07It looks like it's going to be the entire floor from both sides.
08:11For the officers, this could be a major seizure.
08:28At the Gateway International Bridge, a young man returning from getting a haircut in Mexico has been detained.
08:34You stated he'd never been arrested.
08:37Despite his denials, he's wanted for evading arrest.
08:41Nothing's actually showing on the prints.
08:43Nothing came up.
08:46But right now, his fingerprints don't match anyone on file.
08:50The subject is still wanted.
08:52It doesn't mean the warrant is not there.
08:54Sometimes they don't get fingerprinted.
08:56To confirm whether or not he is the wanted man.
09:00Nothing's showing up in his prints.
09:01We can't verify on the prints?
09:03Call a sector?
09:03Oh, over there.
09:04They can send us a mugshot.
09:05Yeah, let me verify his social.
09:07Okay.
09:08Officer Anaya needs to dig deeper into his background.
09:13Now you can zoom in there.
09:15As well as confirming his social security details, he reveals he's a semi-professional boxer with an upcoming fight.
09:22He said he has a fight, pro boxing.
09:26That's his fight.
09:28And this is him right here.
09:33He may be known in the ring, but Officer Anaya still needs to confirm his ID.
09:40I'm going to call sector, see if they have a photo of the subject, just to verify if it's a
09:45match.
09:50Yes, I was calling because we have a wanted person here.
09:56I already fingerprinted him, but nothing came up.
10:00Local law enforcement in Brownsville runs his details through their system.
10:05Thank you so much.
10:08It was a match for the name and the date of birth.
10:12So, it was a match.
10:15The man will be picked up by local police.
10:24Despite facing criminal charges, the man is more worried that he may miss his fight in two days.
10:32I know as a boxer, you do have to train every day.
10:35So, you will have to be training for that fight on Saturday.
10:40It's looking unlikely he'll be on the ticket.
10:53He's being taken to the Brownsville precinct, where he'll finally learn more about his alleged crime.
10:59You are going to go to the county that's looking for you, that you're wanted from.
11:06I wouldn't know when he would be seeing the judge, maybe a couple of days.
11:10I don't know if he's going to be able to get out for that fight on Saturday.
11:14The man may have been unaware of his warrant, but since he is the wanted man, he will now have
11:19to face his charge.
11:21If you ever got into trouble, ever been arrested, ever had any warrants,
11:26if you're planning to cross to the U.S., don't be surprised if you get stopped by us.
11:34I don't know if he's got a gun.
11:39Right there, you have line.
11:42In Eagle Pass,
11:44Woo!
11:45It is.
11:46Officers have found suspected narcotics hidden in the floor of a vehicle.
11:51Looks like it's going to be the entire floor from both sides.
11:54Both sides.
11:58The lone driver is detained, while officers strip down the car to gain access to the drugs.
12:16and even more packages are found it never gets old just as exciting as the first one
12:31almost every inch of the car's floor has been used to conceal narcotics
12:39but it's unclear what type
12:41we've got to get everything out to the seizure rule so we can test it to see what we're dealing
12:47with and we'll take it from there
13:10we counted 74 packages in total at this point since uh we don't know what it is uh we're gonna
13:17have to
13:17test it and let's verify what kind of drug they are
13:27the load is taken to the seizure room for testing delivery all right moment of truth
13:50the laser detector can penetrate the layers of packaging and identify the type of drug
14:01methamphetamine they came positive for methamphetamine first packet
14:07methamphetamine is a highly addictive drug that caused an estimated 30 000 deaths in the u.s in 2024
14:16but it's one of the most profitable for cartels because it could be manufactured cheaply from
14:22easily sourced chemical ingredients if i have to take a wild guess on why the narcotics come from
14:29mexico i would say price yes they can get the chemicals easier in mexico right
14:39it takes three officers two hours to examine all the drugs each packet is full of crystals
14:49and every one tests positive for methamphetamine we're gonna take all of the packages and the boxes
14:56uh to bridge two so we can have them wait the drugs are taken to the nearby camino real bridge
15:04to be
15:05weighed on a commercial scale every time we have to use this skill means we did good
15:20162 pounds and if we translate that into kilograms it's 73.48 keys of crystal meth today's bust has taken
15:28drugs with a street value of 3.3 million dollars out of the hands of dealers we do this job
15:35because we
15:35care we save lives whenever we catch drugs whenever we take it off the streets it gives us a sense
15:42of
15:42accomplishment
15:43so
15:45so
15:46so
15:59so
16:01so
16:02so
16:04so
16:04so
16:10Every year CBP officers apprehend 2.5 million people attempting to cross illegally from Mexico
16:18to the U.S. A lot of drug trafficking, weapon smuggling, narcotics, human smuggling.
16:25Many are youngsters whose parents are already in America illegally. They pay people smugglers
16:32to escort their children safely across the border, often pretending to be a close relative.
16:38It happens a lot. It happens more often than you would think.
16:44Today, at the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge, three children heading to Texas with their grandmother
16:50have been stopped after their story raised concerns.
16:53The three girls have American birth certificates, but no picture IDs.
16:58They're traveling with their supposed grandmother, so I'm going to interview all four of them,
17:02and we'll see what their story is, how they know each other,
17:05that they're not trying to come in under a different name
17:08and trying to come into the country illegally.
17:11Officer Covarrubias is concerned the girls aren't really the woman's grandchildren,
17:16and the birth certificates aren't theirs.
17:20Anybody can claim that I'm this person, this is my birth certificate, let me in,
17:24but at the end of the day, they have to be able to prove that that's really who they are.
17:29Hello, good afternoon.
17:31It's the first time you cross.
17:33You too?
17:34Yes.
17:35You too?
17:36Yes.
17:37You too?
17:37Do you have permission from mom or dad?
17:39From mom.
17:40Okay.
17:41This.
17:42Andale.
17:44And your mom, where is she right now?
17:46In Mexico.
17:47Can she cross?
17:49No.
17:49Do you have no visa?
17:50No.
17:51Okay.
17:52You do?
17:52I have a visa.
17:54Yes.
17:54Yes, of course.
17:56Where are you going?
17:57To Texas.
17:59To Texas.
18:00Where are you going?
18:03Mejia.
18:04Mejia?
18:05Yes.
18:06Where are you going?
18:07Mejia.
18:09How do you know?
18:11Do you know where you are going?
18:12It's called Mejia, Texas.
18:14The grandmother has a visa to visit the U.S.
18:17and says she's taking the girls to a city in Texas to see their father.
18:21He used to live in Mexico, but moved back to the U.S.
18:26Okay.
18:26How long?
18:28No.
18:29Just a month.
18:30Okay.
18:3115 days and a month.
18:32So, how?
18:35Do you not know how long they are going to stay here?
18:38No.
18:39One says 15 days and the other says a month.
18:41How?
18:41No.
18:42We are going to be 15 days.
18:44And then we are going to come back to your father and we will come back.
18:50Okay.
18:50I'm going to bring them to the house.
18:51Okay.
18:52I'm going to interview them.
18:54What?
18:55How much?
18:57How much?
18:58How much?
18:58How much?
18:59Okay.
19:00Look, these are the documents that you presented me.
19:03Do they have photos?
19:05No?
19:06Well, I don't know if these are the documents.
19:10Do they have ID?
19:11No.
19:13I have to do my work to ensure that these are them.
19:16Okay?
19:17If you have problems with that, I can go back to Mexico and that ends up.
19:21So, what are you going to do?
19:42The Windsor-Detroit crossing is the busiest international border in North America.
19:47Good morning, sir.
19:48How are you?
19:49Do you have any fruits and vegetables with you today?
19:53Sixteen million vehicles pass through every year.
19:56Nothing for the perfect time.
19:59CBP officers are always on alert for anything suspicious being smuggled in.
20:04Any fresh fruits, vegetables?
20:06And that includes natural items.
20:10Well, no fruits and vegetables with like chips and stuff.
20:13But some are prohibited because they carry a serious risk to American agriculture and wildlife.
20:21Finding any insects that can be harmful to United States agriculture is as important as finding drugs and any shipment
20:28coming in.
20:30Today at the Ambassador Bridge, a car returning to the U.S. from Canada has been sent for inspection.
20:40The driver, who's traveling with his family, declared that he has no fresh produce.
20:45But since their car is loaded with groceries, Officer Castillo wants to take a closer look.
20:52We try to see if they bring in anything prohibited.
20:55Yeah, they just said no fruits, vegetables, just rice.
21:01All the bags need to be checked.
21:03If any prohibited items are found, the family could be in line for a hefty fine.
21:09All this stuff that we don't really look at.
21:14They declared rice, so I found the rice.
21:17This looks like it's balsamati rice.
21:20The rice is classified as a dry good, so it's allowed to be brought in.
21:25But fresh fruits are restricted to only certain ones grown in Canada.
21:30And yeah, I'm seeing that they do have some mangoes.
21:37These don't have a country of origin, but either way, mangoes from anywhere, they're prohibited.
21:42So some fruits and vegetables do carry diseases.
21:45Mangoes are sort of like avocados because of the pit inside.
21:49You can replant the pit and then you can grow more.
21:53We don't want it in because we can't control it.
21:57Mangoes can harbor fruit flies, which pose a significant threat to U.S. farmers,
22:02because they can destroy entire crops.
22:06Oranges, we regulate them.
22:08They don't have a country of origin, so we're going to be taking them again.
22:15Cares, these say Argentina.
22:18They didn't declare any of this stuff either.
22:20The man's claim to not be carrying any fresh produce is already unraveling.
22:25For transporting potentially hazardous goods, the driver could be facing a serious fine.
22:40At the Juarez Lincoln Bridge, a woman traveling with three girls she claims are her granddaughters is being questioned.
22:58The woman has presented U.S. birth certificates for all three girls.
23:03But with no photo ID to prove who they actually are, Officer Covarubias needs to be sure she's not trafficking
23:11them.
23:12And who are these young women? Who are they traveling with? Why are they together? How do they know each
23:17other?
23:19We have all these past cases where somebody gets greedy and they want to smuggle people in.
23:24And say, hey, this is my daughter, when it's not their daughter.
23:26And this is her birth certificate, but it's not them.
23:31Traffickers can be paid thousands of dollars to get a single child across the border to be reunited with family.
23:39Officer Covarubias needs to make sure these girls are who they say they are.
23:50To prove they are all related, he needs to see photographs of all of the family together.
23:56But neither the sisters nor their grandmother have any on their person or on their phones.
24:04Look, really, really, I have to see a photo where you are together.
24:09It's not that it's three or four years ago.
24:14I have to know that you know them, that they are sisters.
24:17Yes, please.
24:18Yes, please.
24:19Yes, please.
24:19Yes, please.
24:22Are you and your grandmother's photos?
24:24No.
24:25No?
24:30Why not?
24:32How long do you see those kids?
24:34A weekly.
24:36Yes.
24:37Everyheen?
24:38Yes.
24:38Okay.
24:40No.
24:40Maybe once Schneider.
24:41And never you have been fortunate with them?
24:45But you did have photography with the family?
24:47No.
24:47I mean, I do not have a photo.
24:49Why?
24:50I do not like them.
24:53No.
24:54OK, OK.
24:54With the girls and their alleged grandmother unable to prove that they are related,
25:00Officer Kovarubias decides to call the girl's mother to help establish the facts.
25:30At the Canadian border, a family has been caught bringing in undeclared fresh fruit into the U.S.
25:37They're prohibited.
25:39Since crossing the border with undeclared agriculture can have a devastating impact on U.S. crops,
25:45They didn't declare any of this stuff.
25:47The family could be in line for a penalty.
25:50You had some, like, fresh fruits and vegetables in your vehicle.
25:53You had some mangoes, some oranges.
25:55You had quite a few of them.
25:59We technically asked both of you if you had any fresh fruits and vegetables,
26:03and because you said you didn't have any, and we found some.
26:07But you do have fruit.
26:09The fruits that you do have, some of them are prohibited.
26:12When you fail to declare it, we're going to have to give you a penalty of $300.
26:16How much?
26:18$300.
26:20She didn't know that.
26:21I don't know.
26:25We did ask both of you guys, and you both said no.
26:28Facebook, yes.
26:30Well, you did have fruit.
26:33So, we're going to be actually done arguing.
26:35You did cross an international border, okay?
26:38Everything in that car belongs to you.
26:40You're supposed to know what's inside.
26:41The officers did ask if you had it.
26:44Both of you, not once, but twice, said no, okay?
26:48Now, we found the stuff, so now a civil penalty is going to be issued.
26:52Do you have enough to cover the $300 today?
26:59Okay.
26:59Yeah, I'm going to pay.
27:00Just, yeah, I'm going to do some paperwork.
27:02I'll come back for you.
27:07We did specifically ask them what they had.
27:11The couple has issued a $300 penalty.
27:15Although this family has never been caught with undeclared produce before, next time they're
27:21unlikely to make this mistake.
27:23You're coming from one country to the other.
27:26I always think you would know what you pack.
27:32The driver pays the fine, and the family will be allowed to enter the U.S., but it's been a
27:37costly lesson.
27:40They're all usually pretty upset about paying $300 for some mangoes and oranges, but, um, I mean, at the end
27:47of the day, he did make a mistake.
27:48He did have to pay for it.
28:06At the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge, officers suspect three minors could be in the process of being trafficked into the U
28:13.S.
28:18Unable to prove the girls are related,
28:21and that this is their grandmother.
28:23Officer Covarrubias has decided to call the girl's mother.
28:49The woman confirms all three of her children traveling with their grandmother.
29:09If she doesn't find and send a photo of all four, they'll be sent back to Mexico.
29:22This is pretty much their last chance, guys, I mean...
29:32Finally, a photo was sent through, which shows them all together.
29:38Okay, guys, yeah, it's all.
29:43Let's go.
29:49¿Ya agarraron todo? ¿No se le falta nada?
29:51SÃ, yo aquà tengo mucho.
29:53Ya listos.
29:55Satisfied they are related, the family is free to travel into Texas.
30:00Mira, les voy a dar consejo, sacan un ID ustedes, si pueden un pasaporte, para asegurar que no pasa esto
30:06en el futuro.
30:07¿Ok? Si se ve más fácil, o por menos, tómense en fotos juntos, todos juntos.
30:13¿Verdad? ¿S�
30:14¿SÃ? ¿Ya? Para que no te guste, está más fácil asÃ.
30:18Gracias.
30:18¿Ok? Que le va bien.
30:19No, no, no, no.
30:22They were admitted as U.S. citizens.
30:25Really, really comfortable once we got the photographic evidence.
30:28It just seemed a little odd at the beginning, where none of them have photos of each other.
30:32It's very strange, but we see strange things here, so...
30:45In the Mexican border town of Nuevo Progreso, there are over 100 pharmacies in one square
30:51mile.
30:56With prices up to 70% cheaper than in the U.S., it's become a magnet for medical tourism.
31:07But there are strict controls on how much can be brought back to the U.S., and officers
31:14are highly trained to spot any irregularities.
31:18We handle hundreds of bottles of medication every day, so every time we feel it, if it's
31:24different, then we know that there's something wrong with it.
31:29This afternoon, Officer Theriot has stopped a female traveler.
31:38She suspects the woman is smuggling pain medication.
31:42This lady had a bottle of Tramadol, and it just felt a little heavy, and when I opened
31:47it, I noticed that the pills were halfway up the bottle instead of typically about a quarter
31:50of the way up.
31:51I'm just thinking it was double stuffed.
31:54Anything in your pockets today?
31:55Your phone?
31:55Everything right up here, please.
31:58Double stuffing, or concealing extra pills in one bottle, is a well-known trick to get
32:03illicit drugs across the border.
32:09All right, yeah, there's a whole bunch in here.
32:11How many bottles are in here, two or three?
32:14No, there's only one.
32:18The medication is Tramadol, a controlled substance in the U.S. due to its addictive nature.
32:26So you got two bottles in here, right?
32:35Who said that you could do that?
32:38Who said that you could do that?
32:40And the pharmacist doesn't work over here, do they?
32:45Travelers can only bring in 50 pills at one time without a prescription.
32:49The woman has over 100.
32:52Since she didn't declare them, she could be facing a heavy penalty or even jail time.
32:58Tramadol is a narcotic.
33:00It's an opioid pain medication.
33:01So this is the same thing as if you were to have heroin.
33:04So this is transportation of a controlled substance, your drug smuggling.
33:12Have you done this before?
33:17Have you been in trouble with us before?
33:19Yes, ma'am.
33:19What for?
33:25And you didn't learn from that?
33:27Huh?
33:27You didn't learn from that?
33:28No, I didn't have it.
33:29Let me talk to my supervisor and see what he wants to do.
33:30Yeah, ma'am.
33:35Somebody's been told the laws before.
33:37They've had the seizures with us before.
33:39We've taken payment for a penalty for them before.
33:42They already know what the regulation is.
33:44They already know what the laws are.
33:45And she's still trying to circumvent them.
33:48Have a seat on the bench.
33:51I'm going to handle you for officer safety, okay?
33:53Okay.
33:59To help determine her punishment, Officer Peña wants to find out more about the woman's intentions.
34:06Have you ever smuggled medicine before?
34:09Yes.
34:10Two years ago, but it wasn't me.
34:12It was my niece.
34:13But you were the one that was charged with it.
34:15Yeah.
34:16I was with her.
34:17Okay, you don't learn your lesson, ma'am.
34:19They only give you one chance.
34:20So you might go to jail today.
34:38At the southern border, wait times to cross into the U.S. can be long.
34:44Do you have a fast card?
34:45But a small percentage of travelers can enter more quickly if they are fast pass holders.
34:51This allows them to use the sentry lane, where lines are significantly reduced.
34:55They can use that dedicated lane.
34:58They can cross to Mexico and come back in a matter of minutes.
35:02Versus the regular traffic, which can sometimes be like three or four hours long.
35:07But qualifying for this status is a difficult process.
35:10And only those who have gone through rigorous checks are granted access.
35:15Gracias.
35:20This morning, a car entering from Mexico using the sentry lane has been sent for inspection.
35:27You're going to park it over there in the first one to your right, okay?
35:33Checks reveal the vehicle hasn't been registered to the driver's fast pass card.
35:39He says he's borrowing his dad's car while his own is being repaired.
35:45My dad has sentry on his other vehicle.
35:48And I was reading online that you can add...
35:52So I added the vehicle today.
35:55Yeah, but you still have to wait until you get it approved.
35:58It's not just about adding it, but it's for you.
36:00It's added and they have to wait till they approve it.
36:02You can't cross that vehicle until you get it approved in the system first.
36:11If he's found with anything illegal in his car, he'll risk losing both his and his father's sentry pass.
36:18Okay, so we have a little package here.
36:24And it's got what seems to be a joint or a blunt.
36:32We would have to test it to see if it'll test positive for something.
36:39Marijuana, more than likely.
36:42Even if it's small, it's still not legal to bring into the country.
36:54Marijuana is illegal in Texas, and crossing the U.S. border with any amount is forbidden.
37:01After putting it in the testing kit, it did test positive for cannabis.
37:06Unfortunately, it's not enough to do a seizure or a penalty.
37:10It was just thrown in testing.
37:14His sentry card, he's supposed to be a trusted traveler.
37:16So he's supposed to not have anything that's prohibited.
37:20He's held at a higher standard, in other words.
37:23The young man is let off with a warning.
37:25But both he and his father's fast pass will be revoked.
37:29This particular vehicle doesn't belong to him.
37:32So the owner would be deactivated.
37:35Because now they're lending it to somebody else who was found with narcotics.
37:39We will lift up his sentry card, and he will no longer be able to travel, as it turns to
37:45travelers.
37:47It could take years before their cards are reinstated.
37:52I think his dad's going to be very once he finds that out, that his sentry card was revoked.
38:13Improgressive.
38:15So you've got two bottles in here, right?
38:17A 61-year-old woman could be facing jail time, after being caught smuggling excessive amounts of pain medication.
38:27Two years ago, she was fined for the same offense.
38:31You were the one that was charged with it.
38:37What do you use it for?
38:38My leg was torn off, and they showed my gun, and the doctor prescribes that for me for my pain.
38:47Why would you get it in the U.S.?
38:49Because I don't have insurance.
38:50Well, you can bring it in, but there's only a certain amount.
38:53They only give you one chance.
38:54It doesn't work for the plan.
38:57Ma'am, you've been in this predicament before.
39:01Last time we just finally, remember?
39:0441.0.
39:05Count 119, everyone for testing.
39:0841.373.
39:15A call is made to the state prosecutor, who confirms that they will be pressing charges.
39:26Yes.
39:27You're in a super nice job.
39:28Yes, sir.
39:30Am I going to go to jail?
39:32What am I going to do for?
39:34Can I, please, please, just...
39:37All I need from you is to relax.
39:40All right.
39:44You guys don't give a .
39:47That I'm going to lose everything again.
39:50I'm going to be out on the streets.
39:52I'm not the one that...
39:53No.
39:53But you guys don't care.
39:56You guys don't care about anybody.
40:03A local law enforcement officer arrives to take the woman into custody.
40:09You all right?
40:09No, I'm scared.
40:11And if I go to jail, I'm going to get fired from my job.
40:14If you go to jail, they fire you.
40:17And I've been working there for seven years.
40:21Unfortunately, the subject is very upset, obviously, because of the situation.
40:28The woman is handcuffed and led away.
40:31She'll be taken to the local Hidalgo precinct.
40:34We can't be lenient just because she's having a harder time with this than other people might be.
40:41You broke the law.
40:42You broke the law.
40:43And you already knew what the consequences could be.
40:47It will now be up to state prosecutors to determine her sentence.
40:51Similarly.
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