Murder Capital
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Tumblin' Along
A tumbleweed with a helicopter in the background. Helicopters have been a very important tool for the Customs and Border Protection agency in their hunt for smugglers and human traffickers.
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Patrol Pilot
A Customs and Border Protection agent flying his helicopter. Helicopters have played a vital role for the Customs and Border Protection agency.
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How To Catch a Smuggler
A group of apprehended men and two Customs and Border Protection agents. Customs and Border Protection agents are most interested in catching the guides who lead illegal migrants across the boarder.
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Taken Away in Cuffs
Two officers leading away an apprehended man. Customs and Border Protection agents must be ready to arrest suspects who may be conducting smuggling operations or human trafficking.
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Drug Hiding Place
Confiscated packages found inside a dismantled vehicle. Smugglers will use many methods of hiding contraband inside vehicles. Customs and Border Protection Agents conduct a thorough search of vehicles which seem suspicious.
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Sawed Open
Sawing open a tire in order to find hidden contraband. Smugglers sometimes use ingenious methods to hide their illegal goods. Customs and Border Protection agents must remain alert to detect the locations where smugglers have hidden the contraband.
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Drug Your Engines
Hidden bundles of narcotics inside the pipes of a vehicle.
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Car Pipe Narcotics
Hidden bundles of narcotics inside the pipes of a vehicle.
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Marijuana Blocks
Officers taking out blocks of hidden marijuana from inside a wheel. Smugglers use many techniques and methods to hide and deliver contraband across the border.
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Confiscated Marijuana
Blocks of marijuana, which were found inside the wheels of cars. Customs and Border Protection agents must be alert if they are to locate all the contraband which may be loaded on smugglers' vehicles.
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Cuff Him
A CBP agent putting handcuffs on an apprehended man.
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An Officer and a Search Dog
A Customs and Border Protection officer and his search dog. Search dogs have a very important role in the Customs and Border Protection agency. These dogs have been trained to detect the scents of humans who may be hidden inside storage units, as well as illegal drugs like marijuana and methamphetamine.
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Port of Entry
A bird's-eye view of the port of entry.
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Chanting and Protesting
Protesters holding up signs and chanting slogans. In some places there has been criticism of what some people see as a "militarization" of the border.
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Border Protesters
Protesters in front of the University of Texas
