‘Border Wars’ To Feature ABC-7’s Border Reporters
ABC-7 border reporter Angela Kocherga and cameraman Hugo Perez will be featured in this week’s episode of National Geographic’s ?Border Wars.”
A “Border Wars” crew followed Kocherga and Perez as they covered the a deadly shooting at a shopping center in Juarez and took a look at an impoverished neighborhood just minutes from the border. To view the promotional clip that features Kocherga and Perez, click here.
?Border Wars? airs at 8 p.m. and again at 11 p.m. Sundays on Time Warner Cable Channel 74; DirecTV Channel 276; AT&T U-verse Channels 265 and 1265; and Dish Network Channels 186 and 886.
According to a news release, crews spent five weeks in the El Paso this year shadowing CBP officers, Border Patrol agents and air and marine personnel from early in the morning until late into the night.
Season three of the critically acclaimed program begins with an El Paso-based episode titled ?Cocaine Sting.” The National Geographic summary of the episode states ?along the El Paso-Juarez border, agents and officers of the Department of Homeland Security investigate a young couple who are suspected human smugglers, uncover a floor of marijuana in an SUV, while DEA agents target a high-level cocaine supplier in a drug sting. Port officers encounter a Mexican woman driving the remains of a man killed in Juarez — a victim of drug-related violence — across the border in order to provide a safe funeral at which the family can grieve.”
Before the season premiere episode, National Geographic will air a special edition of ?Border Wars? titled “Seize and Destroy,” which follows the path of narcotics, cars and weapons seized by CBP as they are taken out of the hands of criminals and ultimately destroyed. In addition to the season premiere, several other El Paso-based episodes will be aired during the fall season.
