01x05 - Search & Seize

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BRITO: This terminal is
open 24 hours.

So, we are here
at 3:00 in the morning

just to do our job, like always.

If I get my coffee,
I'm good to go.

ILLIANO: Alright,
they're coming out.

BRITO: Hello, guys. Come on.
Passport. Good morning.

BRITO: Flight coming
from Panama,

which is a transit point
for South America,

the Caribbean,
and Central America.

BRITO: Gonna check
everybody's passports,

see if anything stand out.

For example, you have passenger
go to another country

and they have no reason
to be there,

it is my job to find out
what was the real reason

for that person to go
to another country.

Where are you coming from?
Which country?

PASSENGER: Panama.

BRITO: Just Panama?
No other country?

PASSENGER:
And Canada, Canada, and...

BRITO: No, no, on this one,
this trip. Now. Just Panama?

PASSENGER: Yeah.

BRITO: Okay.
Do you have family there?

PASSENGER: Friends, friends.

BRITO: Just friends?
And you don't carry any bags?

PASSENGER: No, I, I pick up my
bag and then I go to Hong Kong.

I live in Hong Kong.

BRITO: Oh, okay.
Have a good day. Go ahead.

PASSENGER: Thank you.
Thank you very much.

BRITO: Um, whenever
you're finished.

So, that guy? He sounds so off.

There's something there that
I'm not quite comfortable.

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The kid live in Hong Kong.

He said he has friends
in Panama,

said he stayed there
nine days with them.

I don't know, he's hooked up on
some type of, I don't know what.

BRITO: Mm-hmm.

This passenger, he's nervous.

We don't know the reasons why
this passenger went to Panama,

now coming into New York and now
traveling all the way to Asia.

That's weird, you know, route.

It's good to find out
more about it.

ILLIANO: She has
a lot of experience.

Been doing this job a long time,

and she's made a lot of drug
seizures through her career.

If she has a feeling,
she, she'll go with it.

BRITO: Right now, he's trying
to look for his bag

by the carousel.

As soon he get his bag, then
we go ahead and stop him again,

check the bag and talk to him
a little bit more.

Hey, keep an eye.

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BRODIE: In October of last year,

CBP officers at
the Miami Air Mail Facility

did an inspection of a shipment
that was outbound to Argentina

and found multiple weapon parts.

They understood that
these are controlled items

and that they are being smuggled
out of the United States.

So, they detain and seize those
items and then they contact HSI

to do the follow-up
investigative side of it.

ELVIS: So, what we have here
from the seizure,

we have the buttstock,
we have the lower receiver,

the upper receiver, the barrel.

BRODIE: These are very tactical
SWAT-esque types of r*fles.

They buy these parts
from different vendors,

ship them out separately,
and once they are received,

they figure out ways
to put them together

and sell them as
complete weapons like this.

ELVIS: So the components here
in the United States

would cost around $650 to $800.

In Argentina,
the components could cost

up to $20,000 to $25,000.

It's being smuggled
out of the United States

and into the hands of
the criminal organization

in Argentina and Brazil.

BRODIE: We've reached out
to HSI Buenos Aires

that is located in Argentina.

We started sharing
information with them,

and by extension, with
the Argentinian government.

Start working an international
joint investigation.

Collectively, we have been able
to identify all of these nodes,

all of these individuals

involved in this
smuggling endeavor.

Now, the Argentine government
is going to be executing

search warrants in
the Buenos Aires area.

My team will be going down
to assist as much as we can

with those operations
to take these folks down.

Once we get in country,

we follow the lead
of HSI Buenos Aires.

ELVIS: That'll work.

BRODIE: Okay.

There are significant threats
that are involved in this.

This is a huge endeavor.

We're trying to prevent people

that shouldn't have this stuff
from getting it.

We're clear to go.

Let's make it happen
and get after it.

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BRITO: I'm waiting
for the passenger

to finish collecting his bags.

He's pacing back and forth.

I don't know,
he's waiting for his bag

or he's just walking around to
see the right moment to exit.

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PASSENGER: Um, none right now,
none right now.

BRITO: It doesn't make sense
that you travel

to another country with
very little bit of money.

So I need to know what he did
to support himself there.

Details, what he was doing.

I would like to talk
a little bit more. Okay?

Not finding anything in the bag

doesn't mean that
the person is good to go.

We're gonna take him
to a private area

where he's gonna be patted down

to make sure they don't have any
package or patch on the body.

If this person is a drug
smuggler, we're gonna find out.

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RODRIGUEZ: We're doing
outbound flight.

We're looking for currency
and any other contraband.

Make sure you stay together,
always two.

If you're gonna follow somebody
down the ramp

or down the jetway,
make sure you let somebody know.

Safety first.

Alright?

Ready to roll?

OFFICER: I'm ready
to rock and roll.

RODRIGUEZ:
Ready to roll that up?

CANALES: Right now, we're making
our way to the outbound gates.

We're gonna hit up some outbound
flights looking for currency,

possibly narcotics.

We'll see what we get.

OFFICER: There is one
straight in front of me

with the red shirt.

WATSON: We're trying to catch
people in their natural element.

We're trying to observe
people's behavior

when they don't think that
they're being watched.

WATSON: People are doing what
they would do normally,

and we're just trying
to observe them

to see if we see any anomalies.

And if we do,
we can stop those people

before they get onto the plane.

ANNOUNCEMENT:
Now departing from Gate 4.

RODRIGUEZ: This flight's
bound for Turkey.

WATSON: It sure is.

Due to current events,
we spend a lot of time focusing

on flights to Eastern Europe
and the Middle East.

LAX is a major hub for
outbound currency smuggling.

The currency can be linked
to narcotics smuggling

and t*rror1st activities.

RODRIGUEZ: Going that way.

Shaved head.
He has a black backpack.

BARBOSA: Oh, okay, okay, okay.

RODRIGUEZ: You see him?
He just, he can't stop.

MONTALVO: He has his
little carry-on.

The way he's holding it...

RODRIGUEZ: We have a gentleman
that is a little agitated,

so we're gonna interview him
when he comes up

and see what his story is.

CANALES: Hi, do you have
your passport?

MONTALVO: Just come over here,
this way.

Relax, relax, relax.

We're gonna look inside
of your bags. Okay?

Hey, is there
anything sharp in here?

Anything that I should know?

Take your hands out
of your pockets.

Take your hands
out of your pockets.

Alright.

Where are you heading to?

MONTALVO: How did you get
this green card?

How did you get this?

MONTALVO: Hey.

You don't walk away from me.

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MONTALVO: How did you
get this green card?

How did you get this?

MONTALVO: Hey.
Don't walk away from me.

ANNOUNCER: This is
the final boarding process.

MONTALVO: Listen,
listen, listen.

I'm going to help you out
if you work with me.

But the moment you start walking
away, doing all that stuff,

we're gonna have
a problem, okay?

So, let me do my thing,
and then we'll go from there.

Alright, so how much money
are you taking?

MONTALVO: How are you gonna
survive out there

if you're only taking 300 bucks?

MONTALVO: What does your
brother do? What's his job?

Catering.

What other counties
are you gonna visit?

WATSON: Are you just going
for vacation?

WATSON: Okay.

WATSON: You're just
going to visit?

WATSON:
Oh, cool. Is this your first
time back to Iran for a while?

Yeah. How long will you be gone?

WATSON: In five months
you'll be back?

PASSENGER: Yes.
WATSON: Okay.

WATSON: We weren't able to find
anything suspicious

in the passenger's belongings.

We're going to let him board
his flight today,

but we're definitely going
to place a lookout on him.

So, when he comes back,

we can verify that
whatever was going out,

including the story
and the belongings,

are the same things coming back.

MONTALVO: Here's your stuff,
thank you for your time.

Do me a favor,
please put back everything.

BARBOSA: Don't forget
your drinks.

MONTALVO: You're gonna
need them. Have a good day!

BARBOSA: Take care, buddy.
Right there.

PASSENGER: Have a good day.
BARBOSA: Thank you.

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BRITO: The passenger
was patted down.

Even though he didn't have
anything strapped on his body,

it's a good chance that
he might be an internal,

carrying narcotics inside
his stomach, or maybe inserted.

OFFICER: You were there almost
for a week and a half, right?

PASSENGER: Yes, sir.

BRITO: That's why we need
to find out more details

about what he was doing
all this time in Panama.

OFFICER: So whose idea
was this trip to Panama?

PASSENGER: My, my friend,
my friend from Hong Kong.

OFFICER: Your friend
from Hong Kong?

PASSENGER: Yes.

OFFICER: Now did you travel
with your friend?

PASSENGER: He didn't actually
make the trip with me.

He just went with me
to the airport.

OFFICER: Okay. Your friend
suggested you go to Panama.

OFFICER:
And how do you know him?

PASSENGER:
Met him in Hong Kong, like...

OFFICER: How long, how long ago?

PASSENGER: A little more
than two months,

a little more than two months,
almost three months.

OFFICER: So you met him
almost three months ago

and he suggested that
you go to Panama?

PASSENGER: Yes, sir.

OFFICER: For what reason?

PASSENGER: Visit, visit,
sightsee, all of that stuff.

OFFICER: Okay. So, you went
there with basically no money

and no place to stay. Okay.

So now you were there
for almost a week.

What did you do the whole time
while you were there?

PASSENGER: I just looked around,
I sightseed.

OFFICER: What did you see?

PASSENGER: Casinos, parks.

OFFICER: That's it?
Did you meet up with anybody

while you were there?

Did anybody come to the hotel
to meet you?

PASSENGER: No.

OFFICER: Sit back and
think about everything

that you're telling us.

How nothing that you say right
now, it doesn't make any sense.

You had some guy that you just
met, tells you to go to Panama.

You go there with no money.

You hear how odd that sounds?

PASSENGER: Yes, but that's all,
that's all I know.

OFFICER: That's all you know?

PASSENGER: That's all I know,
sir, I promise.

BRITO: Okay, there's
something that he's...

I don't think I'm even--
you understand?

The story's getting
more complicated here.

Now we need to find out
who paid for his ticket,

where he got the money from
to go to Panama.

Definitely something more to, to
that story that he'd given us.

ILLIANO: You sure you have
nothing to tell us?

Because we're gonna find out.

I don't wanna get, I don't want
to see you get in more trouble.

PASSENGER: No, no, I don't.

ILLIANO: You sure you're gonna
go with that now, right?

PASSENGER: Yes, sir,
that's what I'm going with.

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BRODIE: At this stage
of the operation,

which we're calling
Patagonia Express,

we are working closely with
our HSI attaché office

that's stationed
in Buenos Aires.

They, in turn, work very closely

with the primary investigative
enforcement group in Argentina,

the Gendarmeria Nacional.

(officers shouting)

(siren)

BRODIE: The Gendarmeria Nacional
is a highly trained task force

that works tirelessly
to pursue criminal activity

here in Argentina.

(siren)

They use multiple
sources of intel

to pursue high-risk seizures
of weapons and narcotics

throughout their country.

(siren)

ELVIS: The first target
we're gonna hit,

the Argentinians believe

he is the mastermind

behind all the smuggling.

So hopefully, we'll be able
to get information

from the seizures,
from his home, his residence,

or even from
the subject himself.

BRODIE: Basically 49
total operations.

GIOVANNI: Correct.
BRODIE: Okay.

BRODIE: It's a lot more
substantial than I'd realized.

The Argentinians have
dramatically increased

the amount of search warrants

that they're gonna be
conducting.

They've identified approximately
50 different locations

and multiple hardened bunkers
here in Argentina

that they're gonna be
conducting search warrants on.

So, we're very hopeful that
there's substantial amounts

of arms and munitions
in those locations.

GIOVANNI: We're just hoping
for the best of safety

for all the officers involved.

But we've done a lot
of preparation for this.

We're as ready as we can be.

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BRITO: Something's not
all there with this guy.

Something is off, yeah.

When it comes to interviewing
a passenger about narcotics,

it's a long process,

and it's like pulling teeth
out of his mouth.

But little by little
he's getting there.

You just have to pull it out.

OFFICER: What do you do
in Hong Kong?

OFFICER: Do you work?
PASSENGER: No.

OFFICER: What do you do?

PASSENGER: I'm trying to find,
I'm trying to find a job.

OFFICER: So, your friend paid
for your ticket to go to Panama?

He did, right?

PASSENGER: Yes.

OFFICER: But he asked you to go
there for a reason, right?

PASSENGER:
Bring back merchandise,

like shoes, clothes,
like, just bring back

and like, sell to, like,
different people.

BRITO: Wow.

Nobody gonna buy a stranger
a ticket and tell the person,

here, go and pick up
some merchandise for me.

That doesn't even make sense.

So right now, we believe
that the merchandise

he is talking about,
he's talking about narcotics.

PASSENGER: Like one...
one thousand.

OFFICER: Yeah?

PASSENGER: One thousand U.S.

He said I just go there,
like, meet somebody there.

OFFICER: Did he say that
somebody was gonna meet you

in the airport?

PASSENGER: Yeah.

BRITO: So you were going to
Panama to pick up merchandise?

BRITO: And then bring it
back where?

PASSENGER: Bring,
bring to Hong Kong.

BRITO: Not here?

PASSENGER: No.

BRITO: Something is just,
like, missing here.

You understand?

Now what was the real reason
why you were in Panama?

Bring in drugs?

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PASSENGER: Yes.

PASSENGER: Alright.

OFFICER: Nothing?
PASSENGER: No.

OFFICER: You sure?
PASSENGER: I'm sure.

OFFICER: Alright.

BRITO: He admitted
that it was drugs

that he was going
to pick up in Panama.

We didn't find anything
inside the bag.

Nothing was on his body.

But still the possibility
that he can be an internal.

How about, um, swallow?

PASSENGER: No, no,
I've never done that before.

BRITO: But you did
the merchandise before?

PASSENGER: Once. Yeah.

BRITO: From where
you picked it up?

OFFICER: Okay.

PASSENGER:
No, I didn't swallow, I...

PASSENGER: No.

No, sir.

And none in my stomach either.

PASSENGER: No.

PASSENGER: I don't.

PASSENGER: I had lost my phone
and I had no way to contact.

OFFICER: He's supposed to
contact you through your phone

and you lost it?

PASSENGER: Yeah.

OFFICER: When did you lose it?

PASSENGER: I, I don't remember.

I told the management people at
that hotel to contact the police

and take me to the embassy

because I had no money
and I had no place to stay.

They found my parents' contact.

BRITO: Do we have his father's
phone number?

OFFICER: Yeah, do you have
your father's number?

PASSENGER: Yeah, yes, sir.

OFFICER: Okay. Alright.
Give me a second.

BRITO: We're gonna call
his father.

We're gonna call the embassy
in Panama to verify everything

and see if the passenger

is really telling us
the truth about that.

So, we'll see what
happens with that.

ILLIANO: Okay.

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BARBOSA: Are you traveling
by yourself today?

PASSENGER: No.

BARBOSA: Who are you
traveling with?

Here in the U.S.,
the government wants to know

how much money is
coming in, going out.

We'd like to make sure
we monitor that stuff

to prevent money laundering,
money that comes through

because the drugs have been
sold, or drugs are being bought.

So, we wanna make sure people
are bringing the money in

for the right reasons,
or in this case,

were taking them out
for the right reasons.

RODRIGUEZ: How much currency
are you traveling with today?

RODRIGUEZ: Yes, sir.

Maybe $20?

We've had intel about
currency going out,

so we'll be talking to people
about how much currency

they're taking out
of the country.

OFFICER: How's it going?

RODRIGUEZ: Where are you
headed today, sir?

RODRIGUEZ: To Nigeria? Wow.

You're originally from Nigeria?

You were born in Ghana, though.

PASSENGER: Yes.
RODRIGUEZ: Right, right, right.

RODRIGUEZ: Alright.

Now, how much currency
are you traveling with today?

RODRIGUEZ: 10...9,999?

Can you come with me, please?

RODRIGUEZ: Right.

Anything over $10,000,
you must report it.

Around the 9,000 mark,
they become a little suspicious.

So, I decided to count the money

to verify that it is
what he says it is.

RODRIGUEZ: Alright.

One, two, three.

When people give us a random
number up in the 9,000 mark,

they think we're going to back
off, but your body language,

what you say, sometimes gives us
a reason to go further.

48, 49.

That's 9,900.

Whoa.

That's currency, sir.

That's a money instrument
right there.

RODRIGUEZ: Yes, it is.

RODRIGUEZ: What do you mean?

A check for, is this correct,
$250?

RODRIGUEZ: Another check
for $250, for services.

What does that mean?

What does it mean?

What did you do
to get that money?

RODRIGUEZ: Look, look,
look, look, look.

Because you weren't very
forthcoming, maybe you forgot,

maybe you didn't,
I don't know that.

Put yourself in the corner
over there.

I'm gonna continue going
through your bag, okay?

You wanna jump on that?

I'm sorry?

RODRIGUEZ: Who are these phones
for? Are you a phone retailer?

PASSENGER: No, no, no, no.

RODRIGUEZ: Yeah, they're
all the same name.

OFFICER: The same person.

RODRIGUEZ: They're for
one individual,

but you're supposed to give them
to different people.

RODRIGUEZ: Alright, well,
because, like...(whistles)

RODRIGUEZ: All this stuff
doesn't make sense.

When I ask you a question,
you either give me an answer

that leads me to nowhere or
doesn't answer the question.

RODRIGUEZ: We're gonna be
taking him down

to the admissibility
review unit.

You will be carrying this bag
and you'll be dragging that bag.

He's over the limit on money
and finding seven cell phones,

and we can't get
a confirmed story

on what they're actually for, or
what they're gonna be used for

when they get to Nigeria.

So, a little bit more research
is warranted

before letting him go forward
on his travels.

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BRODIE: We are hoping
for a large haul

of seized arms and munitions.

But our primary objective
is everyone's safety.

The last thing we want
is anybody to get hurt.

It's staggering how
substantial this is.

They've got 500 cops and agents
out here.

It's dark, it's cold,

and these guys are geared up
to go hit these places.

It's very impressive.

ELVIS: The scale of this
operation is significant.

500 officers running around in
different parts of this country

trying to stop
the trafficking of weapons

where they're going to
end up in criminal hands.

This is not something
that we take lightly.

This is something
that we need to do

in order to stem
the criminal activity.

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ANNOUNCEMENT: This is
the final boarding call...

ILLIANO: So, his father said
that he purchased his ticket

on the way back,
which is what he did claim.

He did lose his phone,
he went to the consulate,

and contacted his father.

BRITO: Everything went wrong
after he lost the phone,

because that's the only way
he had to contact this guy

he was supposed to bring back
merchandise to Hong Kong.

"Merchandise."

These people, they don't play
games with the merchandise.

ILLIANO: Yeah.

BRITO: If you're gonna
bring merchandise,

you better make your a*s
over there quick,

and they try to make it
quick for them, and easy.

ILLIANO: Yeah.

BRITO: Not all this drama,
so why file a police report

and go to the embassy
to get out of the country?

ILLIANO: Like a cover story.

BRITO: Exactly. It's too much.

Right now,
I don't think he has it,

that's the only thing
I can tell you.

I didn't see any contradiction
on his story, no discrepancy.

The story about the embassy,
we can confirm all of that.

He's being really honest with us
right now, and I believe him.

You were about to do
the wrong thing, right?

PASSENGER: Yeah.

BRITO: How old are you now?

PASSENGER: 26.

BRITO: You're still young. Okay?

You can, you have
a future ahead.

Or take another direction,
end up in jail or in trouble.

Do you understand?

PASSENGER: Yeah.

BRITO: So now that
you get back home,

are you gonna still keep
in touch with these people,

or what is the deal?

PASSENGER:
Probably, probably not.

Probably not. Probably not.

BRITO: Are we done with this?
ILLIANO: Yes.

BRITO: Pick up your stuff.

If they don't have anything,

they haven't committed
any crime,

so this passenger, he's going
to Hong Kong to meet his dad.

Stay away from trouble.

BRITO: Do the right thing, okay?

He needs to get
his life straight.

He needs someone to guide him
to the right way,

and I wish him the best of luck.

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BRODIE: We're looking for g*ns.

As big a seizure of g*ns
as we can get,

because we want those g*ns
out of the hands of bad guys.

It's no more complicated
than that.

The first house that
the Argentinians are gonna hit,

that particular subject is

very high up in the hierarchy of

both sides of the investigation.

The nature of weapons
investigations is,

there's always g*ns there,

so the threat assessment
is always sky-high.

Up here to the left.

We're gonna be doing everything
we can to stay out of their way

because they have
their own process,

they have their own way
of gathering evidence,

their own procedures.

We are guests in their country

so we are very cognizant
of our role here.

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(alarm chirping)

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ELVIS: The first target
that we hit

is one of the main targets
for the Argentinians.

Found a bunker within his home.

BRODIE: They found
a cache of weapons,

a ton of g*ns in one room.

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BRODIE: Everybody's okay?

BRODIE: You saw machine tools.

BRODIE: Okay.

We are flabbergasted

at what the operation
thus far has netted.

It's amazing to see all
of this come together.

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Right now, here in Argentina,

we're at approximately
50 different locations,

50 different search warrants,

but we're doing our best
to have these things all happen

as concurrently
as we possibly can.

For a network as sophisticated
as this is,

every g*n we get as part
of this operation

is one less g*n that's
out on the street.

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OFFICER: Alright, sir, you're
gonna go straight to the left.

BARBOSA: Everything packed
to the gills.

MONTALVO: Yeah.

You've packed a lot of stuff.

RODRIGUEZ: We have
this individual,

he's over the limit on money,
and we found seven cell phones.

He has three other bags, so
we're gonna go through those,

make sure that there
is no more evidence,

or anything that we might
wanna look into further.

So who are all these shoes for?

RODRIGUEZ: They almost look like
military boots, right?

RODRIGUEZ: So you're gonna
drop these off?

MONTALVO: How many days in
Germany are you gonna be?

RODRIGUEZ: Three or four?
You don't know how many?

BARBOSA: Who is this for?

BARBOSA: What is it?

BARBOSA: That's the brain,

that's the brain of a,
that's a computer brain.

PASSENGER: Yeah, computer.

MONTALVO: What's the purpose
of this?

PASSENGER: Like, like,
I told you...

MONTALVO: And where
is your brother?

MONTALVO: So if he lives
in Hawthorne,

but you are taking this
to Nigeria,

how does that make sense?

MONTALVO:
So, okay, okay, so let's get
back from the beginning.

I'm gonna ask you
a simple question,

I need a simple answer.

What are you gonna use this for?
What's the purpose of this?

MONTALVO: What is this? What
part of the vehicle is this?

MONTALVO: So you have
no idea what this is?

No idea, right?

MONTALVO: Okay.

I don't like this.

They can use it for parts,
for, for an expl*sive.

Someone's gonna try
to put something together.

You get me?

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MONTALVO: I don't like this.

RODRIGUEZ: After going
through his bags,

we found a computer brain.

It could be all innocent thing,

but it could also be tied to
some kind of t*rror1st act.

MONTALVO: Usually,
that's what they'll use,

that type of equipment.

WATSON: Yeah, like IEDs?

MONTALVO: IED components.

RODRIGUEZ: Before we
let him go further,

we need to make sure
a hundred percent

that that's not
what they're for.

WATSON: Are you taking
that computer board

to your cousin in Germany?

PASSENGER: No.

MONTALVO: Where is he?

WATSON: So why are you
taking it away

if he bought it for his car?

WATSON: When is he going
back to Nigeria?

MONTALVO: Christmas?

So, this whole time, his vehicle
is just gonna be nonoperational?

RODRIGUEZ: We're gonna go ahead
and go through his bags

a little more, make sure
that there is no evidence

or anything tied
to some t*rror1st act.

We just wanna make sure
that none of this stuff

is gonna get into
the wrong hands.

MONTALVO: How many days
are you gonna be gone, sir?

MONTALVO: Five weeks?

This is all five weeks?

This looks like five years!

MONTALVO: This yours?

RODRIGUEZ: Alright.

MONTALVO: These are all
souvenirs instead of gifts.

WATSON: He's gotten a lot of
things that he's going to sell.

BARBOSA: Yeah. Oh, big time.

I think he's already sold it.

Because he has all that cash,
and everyone has a name.

He's already sold it, I think.

Alright. Let's put them
all away.

WATSON: We ran further checks
and we determined

that we couldn't link him to
any national security issues.

He's probably just selling those
parts to customers in Nigeria.

It's not against the law and
we're just gonna let him go.

MONTALVO: So, look,
it's nothing personal.

We're just doing our jobs.

PASSENGER: I know. I know.

MONTALVO: But when
there's certain things

that don't make sense, we've got
to make sense of them, right?

RODRIGUEZ: Thank you
for your cooperation.

We appreciate that you
cooperated, you know.

PASSENGER: It's okay.

RODRIGUEZ: Thank you.

CANALES: Come on.

We're moving.

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GIOVANNI: So we got
over 1,300 handguns.

Then they got 1,252 r*fles.

They got over 165 different
types of expl*sive devices.

BRODIE: Anti-aircraft g*n.

GIOVANNI: This is
the amount of warrants

that they're doing right now.

They got up to 42
right now finished.

Then they got 23 arrests.

BRODIE: The Argentinians
have gotten the evidence,

coming from different places
around the country,

so, they're still in the process
of collecting everything,

but the majority of it is here,

and we're gonna have
an opportunity

to go look at the evidence
that they've got.

Holy crap. Okay.

ELVIS: We're looking at
some high-powered r*fles,

some Barretts.

BRODIE: These types of r*fles
are not designed

to be hunting r*fles.

These are weapons of combat,

these are designed
to be on battlefields.

These are weapons of w*r.

And then buried back here
is an MP5

and a, what looks
to be a MAC-10.

So these are very modern types
of submachine g*ns

that are the weapon of choice

for many different types
of criminal networks.

t*rrorists, whoever.

They have a high rate of fire.

They are designed to cause
massive casualties

in a short amount of time.

ELVIS: We knew that the weapons
were being trafficked

because of the first seizures
back in, in Miami.

Now finding these
caliber of weapons

actually puts the case together,
because we were finding pieces

that belonged to these
type of weapons,

and we couldn't figure out
who they were going to.

Now, we have evidence of that.

BRODIE: We've, in effect,
taken thousands of weapons

off the streets

that were out there
illicitly and uncontrolled.

At the end of the day,
this is saving lives.

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SALISBURY: As a result of
all the enforcement actions

that have occurred
during Patagonia Express,

authorities
in the United States,

Argentina, and Brazil

have seized over 5,000 weapons
and firearms components;

have seized over 167 expl*sives
and made 24 arrests.

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