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Borderforce USA Season 7 Episode 10
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00:09At the San Ysidro Port of Entry.
00:12Passports, IDs, any proof of citizenship.
00:18Cartels use increasingly bold methods to cross narcotics into the U.S.
00:25In this facility in particular, the drug smuggling never stops.
00:30A lot of the trends we are seeing right now is young males with drugs on their bodies.
00:35Are you together?
00:38Usually they come in in the morning when kids are going to school.
00:43Officers are on alert to spot these so-called body carriers.
00:47I'm looking for any nervousness, any jitters, anything that would send off red flags.
01:00It's 9 a.m.
01:04A traveler is transported to secondary after giving officers suspicious answers.
01:10We got a call that we have a body carrier from Pedestrian West.
01:19He's 21 years old.
01:22He is a U.S. citizen.
01:28The officer asked him, where are you going?
01:30He said, I'm going to work.
01:32And he had a backpack on, kind of like what a school kid would wear, not somebody going to work.
01:38So he checked the bag.
01:40He noticed the bag was empty.
01:42Why is the bag empty?
01:44And so that's a red flag.
01:47Security office wasn't coming in.
01:54The officer did an immediate pat-down.
01:57There were two packages found, and in this case, it was his lower back.
02:04People will do whatever they can to try and get narcotics here.
02:51It's early evening at the
02:53Progreso International Bridge and officers are vetting travelers returning from day trips
03:03to Mexico.
03:07We were just here with our friends, I went for my lashes.
03:19One man coming back with his girlfriend after a date across the border, his flag is having
03:25a warrant out for his arrest.
03:37He is apprehended immediately.
03:49I have this gentleman who applied for entry today.
03:55It looks like he has a warrant for his arrest out of Brooks County for smuggling of persons.
04:05Public records reveal the man is alleged to have tried to transport an illegal migrant
04:10across a border patrol checkpoint.
04:17Good evening, I'm Officer Liberado.
04:20So it looks like you have a warrant out for your arrest out of Brooks County for smuggling,
04:25human smuggling.
04:26Oh, okay.
04:27Is that ringing a bell?
04:28It happened a while back, but they released me.
04:30So that's you?
04:33I remember that happened about a year ago.
04:38For the right amount of money, some U.S. citizens are prepared to smuggle migrants looking
04:43for work across the border.
04:46Did you know the person you were traveling with?
04:49No.
04:49You didn't know them?
04:50No.
04:51And it was just you and the person?
04:52Yeah.
04:53So you were traveling with a complete stranger in your vehicle?
04:55Yeah.
04:57Did they pay you?
04:58No, no, no.
04:58I was giving him a right because I was heading to work and they found him in the car and
05:04they
05:04detained him.
05:07How did you meet him?
05:10My friend recommended him to go work with me.
05:13Your friend recommended him?
05:13What were you doing at the time?
05:15I was in oil field back then.
05:16In the oil field?
05:17Yeah.
05:17Okay.
05:18So how long did you know the gentleman before he was in the vehicle?
05:20Like a couple hours.
05:22Okay.
05:23Had you been arrested for anything else before?
05:24Uh, back then misdemeanors, the DWI.
05:29Okay.
05:30So we'll let you know if he was in English, sir.
05:32Okay, thank you.
05:33Okay.
05:35Despite the man's claim that police let him go, the average punishment for people smuggling
05:40across U.S. borders is 15 months' imprisonment.
05:46People here who live in the valley, we know exactly what happens at the checkpoint.
05:54So for you to trust someone blindly and have someone jump in your vehicle just to get past
05:59the checkpoint, it should be an immediate red flag.
06:03He should have known what was going on.
06:07While investigations continue, Officer Alvarado is concerned the man may also have contraband
06:14hidden in his belongings.
06:17He's gotten in trouble for a variety of different things, so it wouldn't surprise me to see
06:23that he's trying to get something past us in something like his shoes and the cotton candy.
06:29You know, it could have been an innocent trip to Progreso, but it could be a quick smuggling trip for
06:35him as well.
06:37And that's what we're here to find out.
06:54In San Diego, a 21-year-old has been detained after trying to walk across the border into the U
07:03.S.
07:03with suspected narcotics hidden under his clothing.
07:08People will do whatever they can to try and get narcotics here.
07:12Once the packages have been removed from the man's body, they are taken to the seizure room.
07:19We don't know exactly what it is right now.
07:22It could be cocaine, fentanyl, or meth.
07:25Those are the top three that are usually smuggled across the border.
07:31I also can get my PPE on.
07:34Officer Morales prepares to test the contraband.
07:38Safety first. You never know what you're testing.
07:42Since exposure to the unknown substance could be harmful, the process is carried out in a controlled environment.
07:51There's our fume hood. It pretty much keeps us safe.
07:54It prevents the narcotic, whatever powder, crystal from hidden in the eye.
07:58There's a vacuum that sucks up all the fumes if there's any fumes that reflect or come off the substance.
08:04We see fentanyl here all the time, so whatever we can take to be safe.
08:07Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid 50 times more potent than heroin.
08:12And with a chance it could be within the packages, Officer Morales proceeds with caution.
08:17So I'm going to just get into it and see what we got.
08:21Sometimes you can feel the crunch of an item.
08:26Right now, it's a white powdery substance. It could be anything.
08:28It could be cocaine. It could be fentanyl.
08:30So we're about to find out.
08:46In Progreso, officers have detained a man who was wanted for previously smuggling an illegal
08:53migrant from Mexico through a border patrol checkpoint.
08:57How long did you know the gentleman before he was in the vehicle?
08:59I could couple hours.
09:01He says he was released by police after claiming he didn't know who his passenger was.
09:09For you to trust someone blindly and have someone jump in your vehicle just to get past the checkpoint,
09:14it should be an immediate red flag.
09:16While he waits to hear from local law enforcement if the man will be taken into police custody,
09:23Officer Alvarado wants to ensure he isn't hiding any contraband in his belongings.
09:29And I just want to make sure that there's nothing in here.
09:33The cigarettes, very easy to smuggle something else, something like this.
09:36We've seen one where they usually take the tobacco out, and they'll put fentanyl inside,
09:40and then they'll put it back up.
09:41And they'll spit it in there.
09:42And it's very easy to miss unless you actually sit down and you look at it.
09:46You kind of squeeze it a little bit.
09:50The tiniest bit of fentanyl is worth, you know, hundreds of dollars.
09:55A ridiculous amount.
09:56A small little speck is enough to kill you.
09:58So it's dangerous, but we have seen it.
10:01All his baggage is, all the food is clean, everything of his is good.
10:10The search finds nothing suspicious.
10:13All right, thank you.
10:15Goodbye.
10:16And a decision is made about the man's potential extradition.
10:21So we just received confirmation that the county that was looking for him, they have their limit of 45 miles.
10:27And we are, I believe, 91 miles away from the county.
10:30So we're outside of the extradition zone.
10:34So the county is not going to pick him up.
10:37He's going to be released.
10:39We're going to return everything back to him.
10:41But at least a good thing is that now he'll know that he does have a warrant out for his
10:45arrest.
10:46You're going to be free to go.
10:55A free man for now, the traveler wants to know how to clear his name.
11:01So that, that warrant, and what I had to do about that, because I had no idea about that.
11:07So the warrant is in Brooks County?
11:09Brooks, okay, which is from Los Fresnos.
11:12Mind you, if you show up there and you're wanted, you know, you're representing your...
11:18I need to call them, ask them what's the process to deal with it.
11:21Call them, let you know.
11:21To deal with it.
11:22To deal with it, yes.
11:23Okay, because they didn't tell me that they released me, so I didn't know.
11:27But now that I know, I mean, I've been good.
11:30I have my two kids.
11:31I'm a single father.
11:32I'm not messing around, man.
11:35Unless he clears up his outstanding warrant with the authorities,
11:39the man will be detained every time he tries to cross the border.
11:48He really wants to go out and fix it so that he can travel freely with his family.
11:52He's trying to make sure that nothing else happens again so that he can be a good father to his
11:55kids.
11:56It seems like he's trying to fix it and trying to move on.
12:00It's good to see people can move on past their past mistakes.
12:16In San Diego, Officer Morales is testing two packages a male body carrier attempted to smuggle into the U.S.
12:25Sometimes you can feel the crunch of an item.
12:30Right now, it's a white powdery substance.
12:32It could be anything.
12:33It could be cocaine.
12:33It could be fentanyl.
12:35So we're about to find out.
12:37The device he's using can identify 14,000 different substances.
12:44Every substance absorbs light its own special way.
12:47This shoots a laser into the substance and the reflection we get back from the substance,
12:51it tells us what it is.
12:55First period came back to deposit for cocaine.
13:00Others always mix loads.
13:01So I'm going to test the second one.
13:03See, this one's already packed differently.
13:05They added rubber to this one.
13:09Same thing, cocaine.
13:15Still up for the officer.
13:18So now we can get the weight.
13:212.32 kilograms.
13:23That's a lot of cocaine for a body carrier.
13:25Had these two bundles sold in the U.S., this cocaine would have made a cartel around $70,000.
13:34It will now be destroyed.
13:36That's good.
13:37It's not going into the country.
13:39So it's not killing people.
13:40People aren't causing crime for it.
13:43That's a very good day.
13:44Catch this.
13:44Keep it off the street.
13:45The suspect will now be questioned by Homeland Security Investigations.
13:51The HSI investigator will do his interview and he'll determine whether we're going to federally prosecute or not.
14:00If convicted, he's facing at least five years in prison.
14:05They go ahead and take that risk that they can get by us.
14:09But, you know, eventually they will get caught.
14:29It's the end of the day rush at the Camino Real International Bridge.
14:39As travelers try to enter the U.S. before the crossing closes.
14:45They try to beat us in a way where they want to make it before 11 o'clock.
14:51They want to be in the rush, which they think that being the last ones to cross the bridge,
14:56we're not going to inspect the vehicle the way they're supposed to be inspected.
15:00No, we're going to do our inspections the way they're supposed to run.
15:06One driver crossing with his family has had his vehicle randomly selected for an x-ray.
15:15We look for any tampering, anything that is unusual.
15:22Officers are checking for any signs the pickup has been modified.
15:28This area right here, this is not normal.
15:34The color dark like that means that it's lead-lined.
15:38Usually they do that in order for us not to be able to catch it.
15:42Looks like it can be something hidden underneath the seams.
15:49Mexican drug cartels are known to create lead-lined compartments to prevent narcotics from being visible on the x-ray.
16:00This gentleman was driving with his family.
16:03There was one child that was sitting in the back.
16:07I'm not sure if it was to conceal the anomalies, but we're going to inspect that and see what it
16:11is.
16:13According to my avis, you can see like four blocks.
16:16They've done that before where they make one compartment, but underneath there is another compartment.
16:22See, all the seats right here, they have been taken off.
16:26You can see the screws where they've been tampered.
16:31Let's take the vehicle to the back so we can look a little bit more.
16:36Officers take the vehicle to a secure location for further inspection.
16:43This vehicle has been modified right here in the back.
16:45The seats are a little higher than usual.
16:47You can see it right here.
16:48Now that we have it here, this shouldn't be this high.
16:51So you can see what everything has been raised.
16:53Let's get to work.
16:59Underneath right there where that area is, that's what we're worried about right now.
17:05With evidence mounting that this vehicle is being used for smuggling,
17:10the driver is detained.
17:25Most people don't want to have their family involved in something like this.
17:29But some people don't care.
17:31We still catch a lot of people like this.
17:34Drug loads where they have the kids in the back and the car seat.
17:37And right underneath there is drugs.
17:40If any narcotics are found in this vehicle, the driver could be facing more than 20 years in jail.
18:01In Eagle Pass, officers check vehicles for foods, plants or animals that may carry pests or diseases to stop dangerous
18:10items from entering the U.S.
18:20Any travelers transporting goods which could be in violation are sent for inspection.
18:27Simplest terms, if it comes from a plant, declare it.
18:29If it comes from an animal, declare it.
18:31If it can cross, you can keep it.
18:32If it can't, then we give the option to take it back or they can abandon it here, depending on
18:37what it is, of course.
18:44Today, a vehicle carrying a large number of coolers has caught the eye of agriculture specialist Morales.
18:52This vehicle is coming from Sinaloa, going to here in Texas.
18:57He had some items.
19:00And upon inspection of these items, fresh frozen shrimp was discovered.
19:10Importing shrimp can pose a serious health risk to consumers because they can contain bacterias which could lead to food
19:18poisoning.
19:18Texas Game Warden Berry, an expert on aquatics, is called in.
19:24Things like oysters, shrimp, catfish, tilapia, all those things that come from Mexico, they can cross, but you need the
19:31proper documentation to do so.
19:33Shellfish have to be kept within certain temperatures, otherwise it can be very detrimental to the public.
19:40You're talking about sickness and possibly even death with oysters, so that's why it matters and that's why we're here.
19:47The driver says he intended to take the shrimp to a family gathering in Texas and didn't know there were
19:53rules around importing it.
20:11Anyone bringing shellfish into the U.S. must have written proof of where it was purchased.
20:29When you try to import aquatic resources, you have to have documentation.
20:41Without the proper paperwork, the driver could be looking at a $10,000 fine.
21:02At the Camino Real International Bridge,
21:05Let's get to work.
21:07Officer Trevizo suspects a driver heading to San Antonio with his family is smuggling narcotics.
21:15After an x-ray revealed what looks like a redlined compartment underneath the back seats of his pickup.
21:23We look for any tampering, anything that is unusual.
21:27One of the biggest things that we saw right away was a non-factory screw.
21:31Usually those are a good indicator there is something there.
21:35Fold this seat forward.
21:40Officers are trying to get a clear view of the vehicle's floor,
21:43where evidence of modification has been spotted.
21:47You can see the screws right here where they've been taken off a lot.
21:54Can you remove the plug, the round one?
21:58Officers find an access point to the hidden compartment.
22:11But nothing could be seen inside.
22:14They just remove a piece of metal to see if there was anything underneath.
22:18But there's nothing underneath now.
22:19So we're just going to try to maybe see on the other side.
22:23It runs all the way across, right?
22:25Yeah, from here to here.
22:27Should be another trap door maybe on this side?
22:29On the other side of the vehicle...
22:32Right here.
22:36Officers attempt to find another way in.
22:40Put the flashlight right there on the screwdriver.
22:43See if it goes to the back.
22:46Reel away.
23:05That one is the bottom.
23:09So the light is going right through.
23:15Although the vehicle's obviously been modified,
23:19this time there's nothing in the compartment.
23:23It would have been nice if it would have been loaded,
23:25but this time it was empty.
23:28It's been used before.
23:31We tried to catch money, drugs,
23:34but sometimes we just catch the empty compartment,
23:36which in a way they help us out for future investigations.
23:41So, bus man, what do we do?
23:43Put it back?
23:45Yeah.
23:45Close it?
23:46Yeah, we'll put it back.
23:49This is not so much fun part.
23:53With no contraband found,
23:55the driver and his family are free to go.
23:58But he's likely to have been spooked
24:00by the discovery of the hidden compartment.
24:04So the vehicle's going to be released.
24:06I wish we would have found some drugs on it,
24:08but since we didn't,
24:09well, I'm pretty sure this guy,
24:10after we check his vehicle today,
24:12he's probably never going to cross with that vehicle again
24:14because he's probably going to think
24:15that we're looking for his vehicle.
24:28In Eagle Pass,
24:31a man has tried to import a cooler full of frozen shrimp
24:34with no documentation.
24:38Things like oysters, shrimp, catfish, tilapia,
24:41they can cross,
24:43but you need the proper documentation to do so.
24:49He's now facing up to a $10,000 fine
24:52for violating the rules about importing marine wildlife.
24:57We need to know where they came from for diseases,
25:00what temp they were kept at,
25:02and providing the documentation is necessary
25:04for everything that we do.
25:07A-ha.
25:08Well, look.
25:08We did it to bring it
25:10because we've come several times to the United States
25:15and we've brought tamarón
25:18and we've never had any problems.
25:20The least thing I want is infliging the law here.
25:32Whether intentional or not,
25:34the man has still broken the law.
25:37Game Warden Berry must decide his punishment.
25:49We'll go ahead and seize it.
25:50I'm going to issue a warning for this time,
25:52but the next time you will receive a citation.
25:54Okay.
25:55The man is lucky.
25:57Warden Berry has taken him at his word
26:00and spares him a penalty.
26:03But the shrimp must be seized.
26:07Look at the whiskers on that guy.
26:10You got to pay extra at the restaurants for that big.
26:13The jumbo size?
26:13Yeah, yeah, for sure.
26:14The shrimp will be one of around 2,500 food-based seizures made today
26:20by agriculture specialists across all U.S. ports of entry.
26:27It's part of our job to protect American agriculture and aquatic resources is an agricultural product.
26:35This is what we do.
26:37We're trying to keep America safe.
26:54The Progreso International Bridge links the U.S. with the Mexican town of Nuevo Progreso,
27:02a popular destination for travelers wanting to pick up cheap medication to take home.
27:08How are you doing, sir?
27:09Hello.
27:09Can you open your bag?
27:12Any medications?
27:13Yes, sir.
27:13Right here.
27:15Here's the prescription of everything.
27:20Today, a family heading home to Corpus Christi has been referred to secondary inspection.
27:29What are you all doing in Mexico today?
27:30My sister got a tattoo.
27:32My son got a tattoo.
27:34Okay.
27:34Go ahead and turn the vehicle off.
27:35I'm going to have you all come stand next to the table for me, okay?
27:38Officer Terrio wants to ensure there are no controlled meds hidden anywhere in the vehicle.
27:45Any Tramadol, Xanax, Axion, anything like that?
27:48I didn't bring none of that.
27:50No.
27:51One Xanax.
27:51One Xanax?
27:51They're all in the bag.
27:53Okay.
27:53I'm going to have you guys stand on that side of the table, okay?
27:56The legal limit for crossing Xanax without a prescription is one bottle per person.
28:03One Xanax.
28:04There it is.
28:04Found it.
28:06Officers need to check they aren't carrying anything else.
28:10Can I see your purses?
28:11Yes.
28:19Oh.
28:20Whose was that?
28:23Z-Pack.
28:24Bottle of Z-Pack, right?
28:26So that's not Z-Pack inside.
28:28That's Xanax.
28:29Oh.
28:29Here it is.
28:30One hundred extra anti-anxiety pills have been hidden in a bottle labeled as antibiotics
28:37inside one of the women's handbags.
28:39Can I actually have a prescription for my doctor to fill this?
28:42I can call my doctor and show you my prescription.
28:44That has nothing, that has nothing to do with that.
28:46That's not how this works.
28:47You can't smuggle drugs in a different medication bottle.
28:50That's fine.
28:51I'll be honest with you.
28:52The woman's son now claims the meds are his.
28:56I take them.
28:57But why is it in a Z-Pack bottle?
28:59The prescription doesn't...
28:59Okay, everybody stop.
29:00No, you stop.
29:01Okay, my bad.
29:02This is drug smuggling.
29:03This is a scheduled drug.
29:04It is hidden in this bottle.
29:06It says that it's Z-Pack, which is an antibiotic.
29:08This is not Z-Pack.
29:10It's the scheduled drug, which is drug smuggling.
29:11So now you're a drug smuggler.
29:13It was in your purse.
29:14Therefore, you are also complicit.
29:16You've done this as well.
29:18Smuggling controlled medication can carry a penalty of $1,000 and a year in prison.
29:24We're all going to go inside.
29:24The mother and son are taken inside for further questioning.
29:40Thank you, IT Peter.
29:41You got a copy.
29:54Thank you, IT Peter.
29:57The Eagle Pass International Bridge is frequently tied to the
30:01targeted by cartels to transport contraband into Mexico using independent couriers who may
30:08be unaware of what they are carrying.
30:13And we're checking for encargos, which is unaccompanied goods.
30:17Unaccompanied goods are basically items that they were given to these people to bring into Mexico
30:21by an unknown person.
30:23And typically they don't know what's inside the boxes that they're bringing over.
30:27So those are the ones that we're targeting right now.
30:33This evening, a convoy of two trailers traveling together has been stopped.
30:38Just park it right there, Julio.
30:42Their cargo is sent through the x-ray.
30:48Officer Samaniego believes smugglers may have hidden illicit goods within the trailers.
30:55They bring the stuff into Eagle Pass.
30:57They drop them off at a storage facility.
31:00And then they reload the trailers.
31:03And then the driver just drives it across the border.
31:08Various tactics are used to try to ensure any illegal items remain undetected.
31:14Usually it's the first thing that they load and the last thing to come off.
31:17With them thinking or hoping that we get tired and we say, OK, we've got to stop.
31:22And that way they don't have to get everything down.
31:24But we've got a great group of guys that like to work.
31:27So, like Mr. Davila here.
31:29So, we end up getting everything down.
31:39Looks like we got something here.
31:43Suspiciously shaped objects are soon spotted in a box unloaded from one of the trailers.
31:50It's in that one.
31:52Looks like ammo.
32:04Go ahead and open it up.
32:06Looks like there's a gun in there too.
32:08We got the screwdriver because I don't have gloves on.
32:11You got it.
32:12The officers suspect the cartel has hidden a firearm and bullets inside two car jump starters.
32:19You want to do this?
32:20Yeah.
32:22Also, these need to come off too?
32:24Yeah.
32:26In Mexico, firearms and ammo can sell on the black market for double the retail cost in the U.S.
32:33Over there, nobody can have weapons unless you're military.
32:37That's the only people that can have weapons over there.
32:43They can.
32:43They'll get it any which way they can.
32:47There you go.
32:47There you go.
32:48It cracked.
32:48It cracked.
32:49Open it from the bottom.
32:52No, it's got foam.
32:53So, it's not going to come off.
32:54So, just let it fall.
32:55See if it'll break open.
32:57Drop it really hard.
33:10They use foams like house foam so that you won't hear the rattling of the ammo inside.
33:14There you go.
33:16That's like ammo.
33:17The Holy Grail.
33:29In Progresso.
33:30This is not a Z-Pak.
33:31It's the scheduled drug, which is drug smuggling.
33:33So, now you're a drug smuggler.
33:34A family returning from Mexico has been detained after 100 prescription anti-anxiety pills were found hidden in a different
33:42bottle.
33:45It's an offense which could be punishable by a year in jail.
33:50When we checked the lady's purse, we ended up finding inside of a pack of antibiotic there was Xanax that
33:55was hidden inside.
33:57The young man has taken claim for it, saying it was his.
34:01So, we're just trying to analyze the situation as it keeps going.
34:05Officer Terrio suspects the bottles were switched to enable the young man to cross with more meds than permitted.
34:12You guys knew you couldn't bring more than one, right?
34:14He didn't.
34:14Well, then why was it in there?
34:15I have no idea.
34:16You don't know why it's in there?
34:18No, he just gave us a bag.
34:18Bought a bottle of Z-Pak and it's a surprise inside.
34:20No, he just gave us a bag and says, here you go, put it in the bag.
34:23We see this every single day, that people put it in the wrong medication bottle.
34:27The family claims the pharmacy put the extra Xanax pills in their bags without their knowledge.
34:32But officers are skeptical.
34:35Just because they sell it on the shelf over there on the car, that doesn't make it okay.
34:39A medication coming out of Mexico, it's not FDA approved.
34:43A lot of the times it's laced with fentanyl.
34:45Yeah.
34:46There's a good chance you'll be arrested and it'll be a felony.
34:51Whoever's that is, he's probably going to spend the night in jail.
34:54The son's mislabeled bottle could put him in serious risk of prison time.
34:59Officers decide on a pat-down to establish if he's smuggling anything else.
35:04Wait, go ahead and take off your watch and leave it on the table for me.
35:07What about your chain?
35:08Can you take that off for me too, please?
35:10He's only 20, you know, they act like .
35:13He's a good kid.
35:14I'm being very lucky.
35:15Come on.
35:16Yeah.
35:16He's a nice boy.
35:18He is.
35:18Very nice boy.
35:22The pat-down finds no other contraband.
35:25Thank you, sir.
35:26Yeah, no problem.
35:31Leaving officers with a decision to make.
35:33You're taking claim for that?
35:35Yes, ma'am.
35:35Okay. Can I talk to you for a minute?
35:37Yes.
35:37Right over here? Okay.
35:41Because you don't have any prior offenses, I'm going to let you just return it to Mexico
35:45and not get arrested today.
35:47Are we okay with that?
35:48Yeah.
35:49Okay. You are going to be checked every time you come in now.
35:51How long we think is necessary.
35:54I don't even care.
35:55You didn't do a better thing.
35:56You got a job to do. I got a job.
35:58Okay.
35:58My job is to stay clean.
36:00Your job is to take care of them bad guys.
36:02Okay.
36:03Okay.
36:03So let's do what you got to do.
36:05Okay. We're just going to have you return it to Mexico.
36:09The young man has avoided a penalty this time.
36:12This is the get out of jail free card for today.
36:15And once he's disposed of the excess pills in Mexico, they're all free to go.
36:21Thank you, honey.
36:22Of course.
36:25Hopefully this was a wake up call and he'll learn his lesson not to smuggle scheduled medications.
36:31It's just another Saturday in Progresso.
36:33So, at Clear you should get may off.
36:41You know.
36:47In Eagle Pass, an inspection of a convoy of two trailers.
36:53Looks like we got something here.
36:55Looks like ammo.
36:57looks like there's a gun in there too has uncovered suspected ammunition and a firearm
37:05hidden inside two car jump starters there you go the holy grail
37:13the driver responsible is a courier who claims the trailer was pre-loaded and has no knowledge
37:19of the contents we did some queries on the guy no priors usually that's good for them HSI will
37:26come in and do their investigation and then we'll find out what they want to do with him
37:33while he's interviewed by homeland security investigations the packages are sent for further
38:01inspection okay so we have a hundred rounds of rifle ammunition 50 rounds 100 rounds
38:09of what if my bottle and then we have 200 rounds of nine millimeter and another 40 rounds of rifle
38:19ammunition it's a glove nine millimeter
38:37we do have to put an appraised value so what we do is we look them up on the internet
38:42see how much
38:42they're valued at I think the most expensive box was like seventy six dollars so five hundred dollars
38:48worth of ammunition they'll probably double the price in Mexico the handgun is checked against a law
38:58enforcement database we just need to run the gun to make sure it's not stolen if it is then you
39:06will
39:07more than likely go to jail being caught in possession of a stolen firearm in the US can lead to
39:13a 10 year
39:14imprisonment and I think it's gonna be negative it has no no hits for it being stolen a clean gun
39:25is
39:26good news for the courier who's also cooperated fully with the interviewer the driver was pretty straight
39:33up he gave us the information we needed you know to look further into this the investigation on where
39:40these guns are where the gun and the ammo are coming from so we're pretty happy with the with the
39:46outcome
39:46of it the driver it was his first offense so our supervisor decided to let him go this time he
39:52got
39:53lucky today so he gets to walk he may think twice about carrying unknown cargo in the future
40:08if he's caught transporting illicit goods again the courier could be charged up to five thousand dollars
40:14have his vehicle seized or face jail time you know it's weapons and and ammo that we got off the
40:22street
40:22so we're pretty happy it just helps our counterparts over there in Mexico take down some weapons take down
40:29some ammo that you know could save lives over there so the total it ended up being one glock 43
40:36two magazines
40:37and 440 rounds of assorted ammunition a pretty good lick for today
41:01so
41:14so
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