42 episodes of people getting caught with fake handbags and actual monkeys.
26 minSeason 3 • Episode 12
LatestDuring routine passenger screening before boarding a flight to Buenos Aires, a female passenger traveling with a minor arouses suspicion. A large quantity of drugs is found during the baggage check.
This series shows how in Latin America each border is a challenge for those who try to ignore the limits of legality by land, sky or sea. With exclusive access to 15 border points in Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Bolivia and Peru.
Production
15 actual border points—this is logistics porn for documentary nerds.
Editing
Tension-building that makes customs declarations feel like heist films.
Creator
Julián Becker
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The show's become unexpectedly popular in Europe as 'border control ASMR,' with TikTok compilations of agents calmly explaining why someone's cheese is illegal.
Julio Bracho recorded all narration in one 48-hour session after the original narrator dropped out; he reportedly did voices for both 'suspicious' and 'sympathetic' suspect reads to stay sane.
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