Thread: El Paso officers to be featured on 'Border Wars' TV show

El Paso-based officers to be featured on 'Border Wars' TV show

By Adriana M. Chávez / El Paso Times
Posted: 09/29/2011 04:03:30 PM MDT

Federal law enforcement officials will be featured in an episode of National Geographic's "Border Wars" documentary show this weekend.

The episode will air at 8 and 11 p.m. El Paso time on Sunday, and feature officers with Customs and Border Protection who investigate a case of two illegal immigrants hiding in a high school parking, discover a gas tank filled with 45 pounds of marijuana and catch two Guatemalan brothers crossing the border illegally.

A television crew from the National Geographic Channel spent five weeks in El Paso earlier this year shadowing federal agents. Several other El Paso-based episodes are scheduled to air later this fall.

http://www.elpasotimes.com/newupdated/ci_19005691

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