tear yate go security situation but that may change as things get worse. >> oliver: more than 11,000 people have been murdered in mexico as drug cartels try to

dominate smuggling into america. most dangerous city in mexico, juarez right on the border. ironically the third safest city in mexico, el paso, texas is just a short bridge away. known as the eyes in the sky, dea has 124 special agent pilots one of them took us on a flight over the area of operations in a single-engine turbotrop. he has more than hundred for surveillance and to support investigations on the ground. >> it's on the side. >> the smugglers, border

patrol.... >> this is the border. part of our mission is to prevent that. from spinning in the u.s. >> they guard our 2,000 mile frontier of mexico. 17,000 badges control the u.s. ports of entry and patrol the barren landscapes of our southwest. >> these mustangs are very sturdy horses. >> if you chased anybody down on horseback? >> yes, many times. >> alberto rodriguez a former army ranger was in so mal yeah and today he continues to serve his country on the home front.

>> we see the border as it goes on and on. >> i joined the border patrol in 2003. >> agent rodriguez is a team leader with the special response team attached to a special unit. his main goal is to stop illegal entry. >> increasingly, people who can't pay the fee to be smuggled across the border is being offered an option, carrying drugs. >> not every migrant has the money and so your job is to carry this backpack in to the united states. >> human trafficking, that is what they do. >> oliver: and stopping it can be just as dangerous. his fellow agent robert rojas was killed in action in july

2009. according to the ongoing investigation, the five suspects detained in connection with his murder are thought to be either drug or human traffickers or both. >> latest edition to the arsenal is this, some 630 miles have been built. >> the has this fence changed anything? >> this fence has made a big difference. >> it has denied the drug organization traffickers to roam free. >> they and other local and state agencies are up against ingenius smugglers. they have hidden cocaine in frozen sharks and build submersibles and even sent ultra light aircraft soaring into

america. on the ground entrenched on the border, a network of narco criminals called gate keeper. >> a gatekeeper is the key to the drug trafficking criminal tivt along the southwest border. >> arthur doty is director of the el paso center. >> they have family on both sides and businesses on both sides. the border to them is a minor challenge. >> oliver: so these are contractors? >> very much so. >> oliver: for whom? >> a higher cartel that controls it into mexico. >> these are individuals in mexico that don't have the knowledge, the understanding of that border so these individuals will difl a relationship with gate keepers. those individuals will then take the drugs north into the united states. >> oliver: u.s. and allied law enforcement intercepted 6

million pounds a year but narco trichtd stop at nothing to protect their loads and eliminate competition. [ gun shots ] >> coming up, don't miss the bone chilling account of an american born assassin. that next on war stories.

a 150 mile border between texas and mexico. >> on the american side the city of laredo. on the other, nuevo laredo, a mexican city scarred by narco terrorists. but the river is what separates them from the bloodshed next door. >> many who grew up straddling this border fall prey to the perverse illusion to a life of

open lance. >> if they go in the drug war they get the good-looking women and drive a car for a while. >> 20-year-old serving 70 years for his role in the murders of garcia and another person. in a state prison in abilene, he stepped down with our war stories producer for an interview. he described the life of crime that began at 13 and ended behind bars. born in houston to a father in construction and mother that as a hairstylist. he had a good life. they moved to laredo and settled into a neighborhood near the

riogrande, yards from mexico. he refused to talk about his criminal career in america but did offer rare insight into the mexican cartel that seduced him to a promise of life of luxury. >> money, cars, houses. >> those people are believed to be cartel henchmen who befriended the then 13-year-old at a nightclub in mexico. parting turned to violence when the young recruit qualified for training camp and was soon being groomed to kill. >> the american teenager was now part of a well armed and violent gang found by special forces who acted as enforcers for the

notorious gulf cartel. among the top people, trevino wanted on both sides of the border. 38-year-old is the gatekeeper of the smuggling core. texan law enforcement says he is the man. >> he is in charge of the area. >> roberto garcia is a veteran of the laredo police department and. following threats garcia asked that we disguise his appearance. >> they were working for them. >> he says reta and jesus and jesse gonzalez all of them american teenagers were contract killers operating out of this safe house in downtown laredo.

>> the it was ordered depending on person of interest the price would range from $10,000 to $50,000. >> oliver: in december 2005, laredo police say trevino ordered a hit on garcia, a

reputed drug deal they're stolen narcotics. >> he was executed while exiting the parking lot of a restaurant along with his family and shot multiple times. >> a month later, another man flores stepped out of this house and met death. >> he was shot multiple times. he was actually the wrong target. >> oliver: following the botched job. assassins fled across the river into mexico. >> they went into hiding but he was arrested but while being detained he called a dea agents and requested to be extradited. >> he admitted he might have killed up to 30 people. >> oliver: in this taped interrogation he described his first murder to detective garcia.

>> oliver: he pleaded guilty to the homicide and was sentenced to 30 years. he was convicted in the florez murder and got an additional 40 but that is now on appeal. he now lives in penn state prison pondering the choices he made. the other alleged asasz ingest si gonzalez was stabbed to death in a mexican prison. as for his childhood friend cardona he is behind bars for five murders in the laredo area. plus as a result of operation

prophesy a multioperation led by laredo and pd. >> there were 25 people arrested in total involved but we're not going to kid ourselves, it could start any day, but we're prepared for it. >> oliver: phoenix has become the kidnapping capital of the u.s. find out how the state is

>> oliver: from texas towns to san diego, it's nearly 2,000 miles long. the border of mexico is the

border of the carnage next door. >> the amount of drugs coming through to united states through arizona is staggering. >> number one goal is to protect the public and two is to get the narcotics and the weapons off the streets. >> looks like meth. >> our challenges in arizona is daunting. >> it's a hot bed for kidnapping most of it is border related. this is the latest the city that is now the capital of the country. >> narcotics and smuggling has been an issue in phoenix but this is an explosion for it. >> oliver: he has been a phoenix police officer for 22 years and she is in charge for home invasion and kidnapping enforcement. >> the victim is someone that might be involved in human smuggling. >> oliver: they reported over

500 kidnappings. >> they are bound with duct tape. >> we believe there are organized cells that are committing these crimes and mimic things that are going on in mexico. >> oliver: tucson is 120 miles southeast of phoenix. arizona's second largest city is rest link with its own crime problem. >> five years ago a home invasion was something you hardly ever heard of and now there is more and more. home invasion, robbery, kidnapping and missing people. >> oliver: the sergeant heads up the home invasion and kidnapping unit in tucson, 70 miles from the mexican border. war stories re along with his team. >> we really specialize in the more sophisticated types of people that commit home invasion robberies in more of an

organized fashion. >> oliver: they investigate anywhere 150 cases at a time. >> whether it fits the description. >> and. to pick up a perimeter.

>> oliver: while the sergeant and detectives continue to follow leads on other home invasions the tucson pd's narcotic alliance gets drugs off the city streets. the sergeant prepares for a buy bust. >> you're going to be right in this area. >> in this is a mcdonald's right over here. >> his undercover officer is given $15,000 in cash to make a buy. >> he is just a guy we made contact with and officers have

been buying cocaine for him and he has been buying from him and upping the amount. >> backing up the narcotics guy because of the past history of him being armed. >> they waited for hours. the dealer didn't show. >> and you guys copy, she pulling out now. >> all right. let's go back to code 13. >> but the next day -- he did. he is waiting in this gray pickup truck. >> is that him? 10-4. >> okay, uniform got him. >> perfect. >> and ask me whatever question

you want and i'll tell you, okay? >> the drugs from the suspect's vehicle to make sure it actually is cocaine. >> whether it's the actual cocaine, it will turn blue. >> they will determine a drug's origin. >> they can test for different substance they use to cut the cocaine and compare one sample to another. >> they say the operations are paying off. >> the price of cocaine in the united states has risen and it showed that our efforts have made a difference. >> oliver: say with us as war stories investigates the deadly stories investigates the deadly trio, drugs, momomomomomo

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>> oliver: among the latest victims of the drug fueled carnage in mexico is 55-year-old lawyer who represented cartel suspects. at the most recent summit president obama pledged continuing support for mexican counterparts in the war next door. >> the united states will remain a full partner in this effort. >> narco terror has no front line. it extends well beyond both sides of our border. the fight against the lethal combination of drugs, money and violence is complex as it is deadly and as you've seen tonight it involved thousands of dedicated americans and brave men and women from more than a dozen countries from this hemisphere. from all of them all of them put their lives on the line every

day. theirs is war story that deserves to be told! from mexico city, i'm oliver north, good night. worried. charles: here is lou. david: good evening, i'm david asman in for lou dobbs. president trump returning to the cpac stage to if you are what he calls common sense proposals to make our schools safe again. among those are allowing teachers to have guns and interesting gun-free zones. rick gates pled guilty at a washington courthouse. it's a strong indication gates plans to cooperate with robert mueller's russia probe. but there is still