Avoiding the Real Story
Last night National Geographic Channel's "Border Wars" concentrated on Nogales, Arizona. They called it a "City Under Siege." It should have been called "A City Too Close."
One segment focuses on a tunnel reaching from Mexico to an empty building in what Nat Geo says is in "Downtown Nogales." The building is right on the border. (See these photos taken by American Border Patrol while the tunnel was under construction.)
"I cannot think of a better example of the failure of our government and the complicity of the media than this series by the National Geographic Channel," said Glenn Spencer of American Border Patrol. Spencer says the main problem in Nogales is that there is no buffer along the border and the government failed to build a double-layered fence as specified in the Secure Fence Act of 2006.
"The reason you have tunnels in Nogales is because they don't have to be very long," Spencer said. "I know the Mexican border better than anyone and there are very few places where tunnels will work and one of those places is Nogales." Spencer claims that he is never interviewed for such shows because he knows too much.
In 2007 ABP recommended that the government condemn the land along the border in Nogales and construct a buffer against illegal entry.
Spencer criticized National Geographic for failing to point out these problems. "It is clear from this series that Nat Geo had the full cooperation of Customs and Border Protection, and that means they were not allowed to tell the real story - even if they wanted to - which I doubt," he added. 
Watch Segments 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
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