“Border Wars” On National Geographic
The border between the United States and Mexico is a region with casualties higher than battlefields like Iraq or Afghanistan. The smuggling of drugs, weapons and human beings is profitable and violent as rival gangs use paramilitary gangs to fight over dominance.
The good people at Nat Geo take a look at this war-zone on the USA’s doorstep:
“The US-Mexico border stretches for 2,000 miles, over mountains, through deserts and dividing cities. Each year over one million undocumented people cross this border. The call of the northern country is clear US dollars are the answer for many poor people struggling in Mexico, Central America, and beyond. Over the past few years the Border Patrol has raised the stakes for anyone attempting to cross. They are daily adding to their arsenal of high tech cameras, ground radar and cutting edge unmanned predator drones. They are recruiting highly qualified agents and training new recruits daily. From the skilled tracker on foot to the agent able to see in the dark with special night-vision equipment, the USBP faces the challenge of controlling the desert every day. It is not a job for the fainthearted. In Border Wars, National Geographic goes inside the world of the US Border Patrol with unprecedented access to the surprising world of the southern border.”
January 18, 2010 on the National Geographic Channel
