ANNOUNCER CHIEF_MATLIN EMS_is_on_its HSI_is_gonna_get MAN OFFICER OFFICER_MILLER OFFICER_SABLAN PASSENGER POLICE_OFFICER SUPERVISORY SUPERVISOR_YOLANDAI SUSPECT TRAVELER WOMAN

OFC. SILVA
Right now we are waiting for a flight from Cali, Colombia.
OFC. RIMOLA
This particular flight has a passenger of interest because he's frequently traveling to Colombia.  We have a unit that analyzes flights before they arrive.  They sent us a picture from his passport application and that's what we're gonna use to try to pinpoint this individual coming off the flight.
CHIEF MATLIN
Passports out folks and line up by an officer.
OFC. RIMOLA
Okay.  [speaking foreign language] When did you buy your ticket?
PASSENGER
[speaking foreign language] In January, I believe.
OFC. RIMOLA
[speaking foreign language] Okay.  Is this the only luggage you have?
PASSENGER
[speaking foreign language] Yes, the only one.
OFC. RIMOLA
Colombia's always been at the top when it comes down to cocaine distribution.  So, whenever we see passengers traveling back and forth to Colombia we like to talk to them a little bit more to verify why they're going abroad so much.
CHIEF MATLIN
Passports out, please.  Line up in front of any officer.
OFC. RIMOLA
How you doing?  Where are you going, ma'am?
PASSENGER
San Francisco.
OFC. RIMOLA
That's this guy right here.
CHIEF MATLIN
Which one is it?
OFC. RIMOLA
The guy tattooed over there.
CHIEF MATLIN
That guy.

CHIEF MATLIN
Everybody, passports out.
OFC. RIMOLA
Passport please.

OFFICER
Step over to the side please.
CHIEF MATLIN
God, he doesn't look like him at all.
CHIEF MATLIN
Gold teeth and dyed his hair and he doesn't look like the surfer boy anymore.  So, the officer's have located the person that we were curious about.
OFC. RIMOLA
He won't know we're specifically looking into his trip because we're gonna be stopping multiple passengers coming on the flight.
OFFICER
[speaking foreign language] Please, stand over here.
CHIEF MATLIN
From here we're gonna take them to passport control then downstairs to baggage, pick up any checked-in luggage he may have.
OFFICER
This way please.
CHIEF MATLIN
And then begin the search.

ANNOUNCER
All areas in [inaudible] building are [inaudible]
OFC. BONO
Everybody seems to like this one.  Right now, we're waiting for a plane to arrive from the Dominican Republic.
OFC. BONO
We have a person of interest on that flight.  We will be ID'ing her as she steps out of the jetway.  Well, here we go.  Have your passports out, please.
OFC. VANACORE
Thank you.
OFC. BONO
Right there.
OFFICER
Here?
OFFICER
Okay.  Are you traveling alone?
WOMAN
Yeah.
OFFICER
All right.
OFFICER
Do you have any bags?
WOMAN
No, I just.
WOMAN
Ouch.
OFFICER
Oh!
WOMAN
The carry on, it's under there.
WOMAN
So no.
OFFICER
Okay.  When she came off the plane, the passenger kind of bumped her right leg.  She starts acting like something was hurting her.  But the brace, I noticed, was in her left leg.  That was kind of off.  Thank you so much.
WOMAN
Thank you.
OFFICER
Uh-hmm.
OFC. BONO
You want me to go or do you want to go?
OFFICER
You go.
OFC. BONO
We'll follow her through immigration and we will see what her story is.  We're going to look into her reason for travel, why she was there, where she's going when she's here, who she's meeting, just to see if there's a connection.
ANNOUNCER
All VR representatives [inaudible] to Passport Control [inaudible].
OFC. VANACORE
She is definitely peeking around.
POLICE OFFICER
Is she?
OFC. VANACORE
Yeah, she's looking.
OFFICER
She don't have any bags.
OFC. BONO
See, I like that right there.  There's no bags.  That just raises so many red flags to me.  I'm gonna fall back.  I'll wait over there, all right?  This way it doesn't feel like we're ganging up on her.


CHIEF MATLIN
The team trains constantly on techniques and behavior and there's certain signs and signals that people give off that they're definitely looking for.
OFC. RIMOLA
People tend to have certain movements that they do when they're nervous, when they're trying to hide something.  He has his head on a swivel.  Very, very attentive to what's going on.
CHIEF MATLIN
Yeah, he's fidgety.  Look at him.
OFFICER
Gentlemen, let's go please.
OFC. RIMOLA
He's walking a little bit weird.  Not a relaxed behavior.  Not a relaxed way of walking.
OFFICER
How long were you in Colombia this time?
SUSPECT
This time?
OFFICER
Yeah.
SUSPECT
Three weeks.
SUSPECT
To see my wife.
OFFICER
How long have you been involved with your wife?
SUSPECT
Um, a year and a half.
OFC. RIMOLA
His story's not making much sense.  He's saying he went down to Colombia to visit his wife for three weeks but we don't believe he's married.
OFFICER
What do you do to make money?
SUSPECT
I used to be in the music industry, but…
SUSPECT
Now I do real estate.
OFFICER
Now you do real estate?
SUSPECT
Yeah.
OFC. RIMOLA
People lie for all sorts of reasons.  Maybe they don't want us to find out the true reason for the trip but it's our job to verify the reason why they're lying or what they're trying to hide.
SUP. HUMES
There are multiple ways that smugglers get drugs into the United States.
SUP. HUMES
They have it concealed in a luggage, on their body, or inside their body.  When we're talking about inside their body that mean they usually wrap it in some type of condom, they usually conceal it in their rectal cavity.  He keeps crossing his leg.  He had his hand behind his back, leaning on the table.  So, I've been doing this for 21 years and the body does not lie.

ANNOUNCER
[inaudible] number three.

OFC. VANACORE
Good morning, ma'am.  Passport.
WOMAN
Oh, hey.
OFC. VANACORE
How are you today?
WOMAN
Fine.  I gotta go to the bathroom.
WOMAN
I'm just looking for the bathroom.
OFC. VANACORE
Okay, no problem.  Where are you coming from today?
WOMAN
Santo Domingo.
OFC. VANACORE
Okay.  Just follow me this way.  You have all your bags with you?
WOMAN
Yeah, I just got a carry on.
WOMAN
Just got a carry on.
OFC. VANACORE
Okay.  She has a carry on.
OFFICER
All right.  You want me to check while you question?
OFC. VANACORE
Uh, yeah, that's fine.  This is your bag, correct?
WOMAN
Yes.
OFC. BONO
Like your glasses.
WOMAN
Thank you.
OFC. BONO
Are they prescription?
WOMAN
They're about to be.
OFC. BONO
Are they?
WOMAN
I got 'em off the stand.
OFC. BONO
They're so big, it looks like you're gonna need windshield wipers on 'em if you ever go out in the rain, right?
WOMAN
They're high fashion, though.
OFC. BONO
They are, right?
OFFICER
Okay, ma'am.  Everything's yours?
WOMAN
Yup.
OFFICER
You packed it yourself?
WOMAN
Yup.
OFFICER
Okay.
OFC. VANACORE
Any food, alcohol, tobacco?
WOMAN
I might have some M&M's in there.
WOMAN
I might or I might have left them.
WOMAN
I think I left them.
OFFICER
Okay.
WOMAN
Oh!
WOMAN
There they are!
OFC. VANACORE
What was the purpose of your trip?
WOMAN
I went to my doctor.
WOMAN
To get my injection in my knee.
OFC. VANACORE
What are the injections for?
WOMAN
I have…
WOMAN
Arthritis in my knee…
WOMAN
And it's a hell of a lot cheaper over there than over here.
OFC. BONO
What kinda shot did you get?  Did they tell you?
WOMAN
It's called the, um…
WOMAN
Oh my God.
WOMAN
It just slipped my mind.  I know the name of it.
WOMAN
But it just slipped my mind.
OFC. BONO
And I heard you mention to the officer that it's cheaper down there?  So then, what insurance did you use to go down to the Dominican Republic to get your knee looked at?
WOMAN
I didn't use insurance.
WOMAN
I go to the Dominican Republic because it's cheaper.
OFC. BONO
All right, all right.  Let's stop right there for a minute.  You paid out of pocket for your?
WOMAN
Yeah.
OFC. BONO
Now why would you do that?
WOMAN
Because it's cheaper.
OFC. BONO
How could it possibly be cheaper?  Did you even bother to check to see if a cortisone shot is covered by your insurance here?
WOMAN
I have.
OFC. BONO
I can guarantee that a cortisone shot is going to be covered by insurance, a hundred percent.  We're skeptical, okay?  In general, a cortisone shot is very cheap.  There is no reason to go down to the Dominican Republic for one.  How much did you pay for your airfare to travel down to the Dominican Republic?
WOMAN
I didn't pay for my airfare.
OFC. BONO
Who paid for your airfare?
WOMAN
My sugar daddy that's over there.
OFC. VANACORE
How long have you been with him?
WOMAN
Um.
WOMAN
Six months, since I've been going.
OFC. VANACORE
So you met him in Dominican Republic, or you met him here?
WOMAN
In Dominican Republic.
OFC. VANACORE
Has he ever been to the United States?
WOMAN
No.
OFC. VANACORE
So, he paid for your ticket?
WOMAN
Yes.
OFC. BONO
It just doesn't, it just makes no sense, so.
WOMAN
I feel like he's not believing anything that I'm saying.
OFC. VANACORE
We're just trying to get your story straight, you understand?  Okay.  We're just gonna put your stuff back in your bag, okay?  And then we're gonna ask you a few more questions in the back.
OFC. BONO
We're not here to delve into somebody's personal life, but we feel right now that the sugar daddy had her go down there for another reason.



OFC. VANACORE
Are you able to stand up?
WOMAN
For a hot second, yeah.
OFC. BONO
The passenger, her story was that she claimed to have gone down to the Dominican Republic for treatment on her knee.  It certainly seems that her story is fabricated.
OFC. VANACORE
You wanna P.D. her first?
OFC. BONO
She will be brought into a private room for a pat down.
OFC. VANACORE
So what we're gonna--
WOMAN
I have to pee so bad.
WOMAN
Yeah, it's okay.  You're not.
OFC. VANACORE
Okay.  Just take the wheelchair.  Yeah, that's fine.  You can push it all the way.
WOMAN
I can't go to the bathroom?
WOMAN
Why is it a problem with me going to the bathroom?
OFFICER
There's no problem.
OFC. BONO
She's requesting to use the ladies room.  A passenger can attempt to smuggle narcotics into the United States on the body or in the body.
OFFICER
We gotta take her to the bathroom, but we have to, um.
OFC. VANACORE
I'll go inside with her, that's fine.  But, please.  Thank you.
OFC. BONO
So, we prep the ladies room to prevent anything that might be inside, if she did insert anything to be flushed down the toilet.
WOMAN
Can I ask you a question?
OFC. VANACORE
Uh-hmm.
WOMAN
Uh-hmm.
WOMAN
Is this routine?  What is going on?
OFC. VANACORE
Yeah, we'll take you into the room and we'll talk.  Just give him a second.
OFFICER
Don't flush the toilet.  Just pee right there.
WOMAN
I'm so nervous now, what?
OFFICER
Don't be nervous.
OFC. VANACORE
Don't be nervous.
OFFICER
Don't be nervous.
OFC. VANACORE
Take your time.


OFFICER SABLAN
Come on over, ma'am.  Are you traveling by yourself today?
TRAVELER
Yes.
OFFICER SABLAN
Where are you coming from today?
TRAVELER
I came to check out how much it would be.
TRAVELER
To get my tooth fixed, 'cause I broke my back tooth.
OFFICER SABLAN
And how long were you down at the dentist for?
TRAVELER
I ended up, 'cause I lost my ID, I was stuck down there last night.
OFFICER SABLAN
Okay.
TRAVELER
I stayed in a hotel, but that was it.
OFFICER SABLAN
I got you.  How much money are you traveling with today?
TRAVELER
I have maybe $43.
OFFICER SABLAN
All right, what do you do for a living?
TRAVELER
Right now, I'm unemployed.
OFFICER SABLAN
Her hands were crossed.
OFFICER SABLAN
She seemed a little timid, a little scared.  Not like the typical traveler that comes through.  All right.  Follow me to the back.  She went down to see the dentist, she stated she was unemployed, she has $40 on her but she stayed overnight in a hotel.  And not only that, she provided no I.D., so her story's pretty fishy and we referred her to secondary.  Her name's in the system, no I.D.
OFFICER CEVALLOS-CADENA
No I.D.?
OFFICER SABLAN
Yeah.
OFFICER CEVALLOS-CADENA
Okay.  If you can just take a seat for me.  I'm just gonna check your bag.  Are you bringing any drugs, narcotics, weapons?  Are you bringing anything for anyone?  Have you crossed here before?
TRAVELER
Once.
OFFICER CEVALLOS-CADENA
How long ago was that?
TRAVELER
A few years ago.
OFFICER CEVALLOS-CADENA
A few years ago?
TRAVELER
Yeah, I try not to come down here.
TRAVELER
Unless I have an actual need to.
OFFICER CEVALLOS-CADENA
Uh-huh.  How much…
TRAVELER
I came 'cause I broke the crown off my back tooth.
OFFICER CEVALLOS-CADENA
Tooth fixed?  Uh-huh.
TRAVELER
It hurts so bad.
OFFICER CEVALLOS-CADENA
Oh, really?  So then you didn't get any work done?
TRAVELER
No, I just came to see how much it was going to be.
OFFICER CEVALLOS-CADENA
How'd you know which dentist to go to?
TRAVELER
I didn't.  I just looked it up.
OFFICER CEVALLOS-CADENA
You just looked it up?  Okay.
TRAVELER
There was one right outside the port.
OFFICER CEVALLOS-CADENA
And what hotel did you stay at?
TRAVELER
At the Hotel Olivia.
OFFICER CEVALLOS-CADENA
Olivia?  And how much was it there a night?
TRAVELER
It was, like, $38, $49, $39.  Something like that.
OFFICER CEVALLOS-CADENA
Okay.  And you said you don't work right now?  When was the last time you worked?
TRAVELER
It was 2017.
OFFICER CEVALLOS-CADENA
2017?  So it's been awhile.
TRAVELER
Yeah.
OFFICER CEVALLOS-CADENA
She has a lot of makeup stuff.  Kind of doesn't make sense if you're coming for dental work.  Did you meet with anyone in Mexico?  Did you do anything else besides go to the dentist to get an estimate on your back tooth?
TRAVELER
No.
OFFICER CEVALLOS-CADENA
Because you wouldn't bring all this stuff, just to go to the dentist.

OFFICER
Hi, excuse me.  Let me see your passport, please.
OFFICER
[speaking foreign language] Do you speak English?
PASSENGER
[speaking foreign language] No, Spanish.
OFFICER
Okay.

OFFICER
Right this way.
OFFICER
Place your luggage on the table.
OFFICER
Grab a seat on the bench.
CHIEF MATLIN
From the initial time that we encountered this particular individual, he exhibited some inconsistencies in his story.  Physical pat down is negative.  He doesn't have anything on his body.  So, we're gonna talk about the real reasons for his trip.  Try to get some more information out of him to either make sense of the story or to push for a medical examination at the hospital for a possible internal.
OFFICER
How long were you in Colombia this time?
CHIEF MATLIN
This is kind of the real true art form of what we do.  The officers are very good at this.  And some of these will go on for quite a long time to the point that they'll never tell you.
OFFICER
Who do you work for?
OFFICER
What do you do to make money?
SUP. HUMES
The officer's pretty much telling him that they suspect that he had narcotics and he denied it and denied it.
OFFICER
He's playing dumb.
CHIEF MATLIN
We have enough at this point now to make us believe he may be an internal smuggler of narcotics and now we're gonna take the subject to the hospital.  The medical staff will perform an x-ray to determine whether the individual has something inside of their body or in one of their cavities.
OFFICER
He's like "If you guys are going to take me, take me."
OFFICER
"You guys know the deal, so."
CHIEF MATLIN
Then let's take him.
SUSPECT
Hold on a minute.
SUSPECT
Can I pee?
OFFICER
All right, let's go.
OFFICER
All right, go back to the room.
CHIEF MATLIN
You know, some people, I guess they're hoping we'll let our guard down long enough for them to just pass it out and kick it under the table kind of thing.  Obviously, this is not our first day here.  The officers are very good at what we do and they kept a close eye on him as we always do.
CHIEF MATLIN
Let's do this.
OFFICER
Watch your head.
CHIEF MATLIN
This is the ultimate version of hide and go seek, you know, with high stakes.  So, if he gets caught everybody knows that narcotics are illegal in this country.  They know the stance that the United States takes on smugglers.  It's a serious consequence to bring cocaine, heroin, whatever this may be into the United States.


OFC. BONO
She didn't?
SUPERVISORY OFC. RAIO
No, it's dry.
OFC. BONO
Unless they flushed it.  I didn't hear it.
SUPERVISORY OFC. RAIO
No, the bag's in here.
OFC. BONO
It's still the way it is?
SUPERVISORY OFC. RAIO
Yeah, it's dry.
OFC. BONO
All right.
OFFICER
Initially when she said she had to pee, she was acting like she couldn't hold it.  So, she sits down on the toilet and we waited, we waited, we waited, and she did not pee.  So, that's when the little spidey senses started kicking in.  Are you okay?
WOMAN
I'm just, I'm, like, scared to pee right now.  Like.
OFFICER
It's all right.
OFFICER
Then why did you ask to pee?
WOMAN
Because this has never happened to me before.
WOMAN
This is making me so nervous right now.
OFC. VANACORE
Okay.  No need to be nervous.  We're just gonna pat you down.
OFFICER
Okay?  You don't have to be nervous.
SUPERVISORY OFC. RAIO
I hear sobbing.
SUPERVISORY OFC. RAIO
She doesn't understand why she's.
OFC. BONO
She's crying?
OFFICER
She passed out.
OFC. BONO
Oh, no!
SUPERVISORY OFC. RAIO
Call 911.
MAN
[inaudible]
OFC. BONO
She passed out.  Call 911, get EMS here, please.  Get them into the pat down room.



SUPERVISORY OFC. RAIO
Keep your eyes open.
OFFICER
Well, we get to the pat down, we're, like, "Okay, just lift your hands up and we will pat you down like that."  One of the officers got to touch here in her right breast.  That's when she just fell.
OFC. BONO
EMS is on its way.
OFFICER
She slowly fell, so she first sat down, and then fell back, so it was very Hollywood-ish.  You gotta keep talking.  We have to know that you're okay.
OFC. BONO
First, we wanted to make sure that nothing was really wrong with her and she was not in really a lot of pain.
SUPERVISORY OFC. RAIO
You know what day of the week it is?
WOMAN
Friday.
OFC. BONO
She knew she had been caught in a lie, and she realized that, "This is not gonna work."
SUPERVISORY OFC. RAIO
What medications do you take?  What are these medications for?
WOMAN
High blood pressure and diabetes.
WOMAN
I'm feeling light-headed.
SUPERVISORY OFC. RAIO
Okay.  Well, we'll have the EMT.  They're gonna come here and take a look at you, but just so you know, going to the hospital, you're not gonna circumvent this inspection.  The inspection will continue in the hospital.  We'll escort you to the hospital, and we'll finish the inspection, and then you'll be released.
WOMAN
Okay.
SUPERVISORY OFC. RAIO
So, you sure you wanna go to the hospital, right?
WOMAN
Yeah.
SUPERVISORY OFC. RAIO
I don't know why she thinks that going to the hospital could save her.
MAN
Yeah.
OFC. BONO
No matter what happens here, she's not going to avoid this Customs inspection being taken to completion.
SUPERVISORY OFC. RAIO
All right, why don't you sit up?  The officer will help you sit up.
OFFICER
Go ahead.  One, two.
WOMAN
Oh!
OFFICER
Why don't you lean up against the wall?  Yeah, into her arms, so.
SUPERVISORY OFC. RAIO
Just tell us what you're hiding, I'll help you out.  You need to cooperate.  That's what I told you from the beginning.  Cooperate.
SUPERVISORY OFC. RAIO
Let's stop with the fainting.  We know it's there.
WOMAN
It's not.

OFFICER CEVALLOS-CADENA
So, you said you came down here last night?
TRAVELER
Yeah.

TRAVELER
I was supposed to just be here for a couple hours…
TRAVELER
But then I lost my I.D.
OFFICER CEVALLOS-CADENA
Uh-huh.
TRAVELER
So I ended up getting a hotel for the night.
OFFICER CEVALLOS-CADENA
I'll be right with you, sir.
TRAVELER
My mask?
OFFICER CEVALLOS-CADENA
Yeah, you can have your mask.
TRAVELER
I've had COVID, like, about 10 times already.
OFFICER CEVALLOS-CADENA
Ten times?
TRAVELER
Yeah.
OFFICER CEVALLOS-CADENA
You're unstoppable now, huh?
TRAVELER
Yeah.
OFFICER CEVALLOS-CADENA
Yeah?
OFFICER CEVALLOS-CADENA
All right.  Just give us one minute real quick.  And what time do you think you went to the dentist?
TRAVELER
Um, maybe, about two hours ago.
OFFICER CEVALLOS-CADENA
Maybe two hours?  There has to be another reason why she went down here.  Something isn't adding up here.  Supervisor Yolandai?  I gotta talk to you in the back.  I just wanted to request a pat down on a female.  She just told me she was going to the dentist today but then she told me she stayed over the night last night but she didn't get no work done.
SUPERVISOR YOLANDAI
Okay.
OFFICER CEVALLOS-CADENA
So, can we get two females?
OFFICER MILLER
Can you come over here with us?  I was called in to do a pat down on a female traveler.
OFFICER MILLER
There has been an increase in body carriers, specifically females recruited by the cartel.  Maybe they're in an unfortunate financial situation or whatever the case may be.  They are vulnerable to become drug mules.
OFFICER MILLER
Follow me.


OFC. PUPO
How are you?  Let me see your passport.  Good morning!
OFC. RIMOLA
You know, some days you come across weird stories.  Oh, so you're coming here for the first time to live?
MAN
That's right.
OFC. RIMOLA
But every time I feel like I've seen it all, I come across something completely different.
OFC. PUPO
[speaking Spanish] Okay, let's go check your bags.
OFC. RIMOLA
So you were in Bogotá?
MAN
Yes.
OFC. RIMOLA
How long were you down there for?
MAN
Two weeks.  Yes.
OFC. RIMOLA
You speak Spanish?
MAN
Yes.  Yes.
OFC. RIMOLA
[speaking Spanish] Better at Spanish?
MAN
No, sorry, I don't speak Spanish.
MAN
Only a few words, but.
MAN
Yeah, not that good.
OFC. RIMOLA
Okay.  And where did you stay while you were down there?
MAN
A hotel.
MAN
In a hotel.
OFC. RIMOLA
Okay.  What hotel?
MAN
Yes.
OFC. RIMOLA
What hotel?
MAN
Yes.
OFC. RIMOLA
What do you do for work?
MAN
Well, I'm a freelance journalist.
OFC. RIMOLA
Journalist?  You're a little bit nervous, that's why I stopped you.  Why are you so nervous?
MAN
Yeah.  I slept very little last night…
MAN
So I'm not, I'm not feeling very sharp now.
OFC. RIMOLA
Okay.  Okay, okay, okay.  The passenger stood out.  He's sweating.  Could be nervous for multiple reasons, possibly the language barrier, or maybe what he went to go do down in Colombia.  Why Colombia?
MAN
Mainly friends and such.
OFC. RIMOLA
Friends?
MAN
Yes.
OFC. RIMOLA
How did you meet your friends in Colombia?
MAN
I have met some interesting people on the internet.
OFC. RIMOLA
Through the internet?
MAN
Yes.
OFC. RIMOLA
So, what?  Girls?
MAN
Well, a lady.
OFC. RIMOLA
Is she your girlfriend?  What is she?
MAN
Yes.
OFC. RIMOLA
And how did you meet her?  On what website?
MAN
Facebook.
OFC. RIMOLA
Facebook?
MAN
Yes.
OFC. RIMOLA
So, let me ask you a question.  So you met her on, like, a sex chat?
MAN
What?
OFC. RIMOLA
Your girlfriend?
MAN
No.
OFC. RIMOLA
You sure?
MAN
Yes, I am.
OFC. RIMOLA
I'm giving you the opportunity to be honest with me.  All right.  What is that?
MAN
Some sort of.
OFC. RIMOLA
It's all right.  Calm down.  Just relax.
MAN
Yes, I try.
MAN
It's plastic, basically.
OFC. RIMOLA
Yeah, but for what?
MAN
A sheet, a sheet.
OFC. RIMOLA
A sheet?  What does that do?  Why, why would you put that on the bed?
MAN
No, not to.
MAN
Mess the bed.
MAN
To keep the bed clean.



OFC. PUPO
This is yours, too?
MAN
Yes.
OFC. PUPO
[speaking Spanish] Look.
OFC. PUPO
[speaking Spanish] Here.
OFC. RIMOLA
Oh, wow!  So, what is this for?  This guy had a lot of sex toys, masks, some weird black bag.
OFC. RIMOLA
And says it's to be clean.  Yeah, you go prepared, huh?  So you went over there for sex?
MAN
Yes.
OFC. RIMOLA
Only sex.

MAN
Yes.
OFC. RIMOLA
I mean, I don't wear this, you know what I'm saying?
MAN
Yes, yes, yes.
OFC. RIMOLA
So why'd you take the laptop to Colombia?
MAN
For writing…
MAN
And to have a connection with home, as well.
OFC. PUPO
We do encounter a lot of cases of individuals who traveled specifically to Colombia for sex tourism.  Even though it is legal and regulated, that does not deter our CBP officers from inspecting individuals and making sure that there's no type of sex trafficking, no type of child pornography involved in the acts that they're going to do to Colombia.
OFC. RIMOLA
You're making me a little bit nervous, man.  When I have passengers that get me nervous, I have to verify what they were doing abroad.
MAN
Oh, please be careful.
OFC. RIMOLA
What?  What is this?  What do you have in here?
MAN
Hard disks.
OFC. RIMOLA
Why are you traveling with hard drives?
MAN
I…
MAN
Save my pictures in two places.
MAN
And so I have two hard drives.
OFC. RIMOLA
You got a lot of pictures?  You took a lot of pictures?
MAN
There are some pictures, yes.
OFC. RIMOLA
All right.  I'm gonna check the pictures in a little bit, okay?  We have the authority to check every travel passenger's electronics.  Sometimes you get messages, pictures, so you kinda have more of an idea of what kinda passenger we have.  Listen, man, you need to calm down, okay?  I have to check everything, because you admitted to me that you went over there for sex tourism.  So, now, am I gonna find anything that is questionable?  Of young people?
MAN
Oh.
OFC. RIMOLA
Is there?
MAN
There are no sexual material about kids.
OFC. RIMOLA
No kids?
MAN
No.  No.
OFC. RIMOLA
Sometimes it takes more digging through stuff to kinda get a whole grasp of, and understanding of this trip.  I'm gonna take his laptop, take all his electronic devices and find out the truth.


SUPERVISORY OFC. RAIO
You sure there's nothing inside your body?  'Cause at this point, your health is my number one concern.  If it's in there, you can die from it if it opens up.  It happens all the time.  I had someone die on me last week.  So, tell me now, is there anything inside your vagina?
WOMAN
Yeah.
SUPERVISORY OFC. RAIO
Listen to me.
WOMAN
Listen, he made me do it!
SUPERVISORY OFC. RAIO
Listen to me.  Listen.  All right, so what did he make you do?
WOMAN
He made me bring this stuff.
WOMAN
He said he was gonna kill me if I didn't do it.
SUPERVISORY OFC. RAIO
Okay.  So, I'm gonna have you stand up.  I'm gonna take those handcuffs off, and if you can remove it, remove it.  If not, we will take you to a medical facility.  Let's get this outta your body 'cause it's dangerous.  They're trying to see if she can remove it herself, just 'cause her blood pressure's high.  She's diabetic.
OFC. BONO
The two female officers stood her back up, and, sure enough, on her body was three or four balloons of cocaine.  She had them in her bra and she also admitted to having at least two in her vagina.  Oh, you can smell it.  That stuff is strong.  Ooh!  Boom!  Cocaine hydrochloride, yeah.  Very nice job.
OFC. VANACORE
She still has one inside.  She can't take it out.
OFC. BONO
Okay.  She was only able to extract one of the balloons.  She admits to having at least one more in there.
SUPERVISORY OFC. RAIO
You're gonna go to the hospital and they're gonna do an X-ray.
OFC. BONO
The other balloon or balloons that remain inside her will be extracted when we get to the hospital.


OFC. RIMOLA
All right, so I'm gonna take these hard drives too, all right?  You have the same pictures here?
MAN
No, there are more.
OFC. RIMOLA
So, what kind of material am I gonna find?  Is there gonna be anything bad?
MAN
No.
OFC. RIMOLA
No?  Okay.  Unlock the computer.
OFC. PUPO
For us, there's a fine line between sex tourism and child pornography.
OFC. RIMOLA
This computer is so jam-packed with stuff that it's going slow.
OFC. PUPO
Oftentimes, these people go to other countries to pursue sex tourism, but pursue it with somebody who's of a younger age.
OFC. RIMOLA
I need a good amount of time to check through all this.
OFC. RIMOLA
I need a good amount of time.  'Cause he's got so much and it's in a different language.  Actually, I might ask him to see if he can change it to English.  Can you change the language to English?  It would make it so much easier for me if you just do that.  I guarantee you he has a file somewhere though.  This guy's a smart dude.  Oh, wow!  What is that?  How many women did you have relations with on this trip?
MAN
One.
OFC. RIMOLA
One?  I see a lot of pictures of a lot of different women.  These are more graphic pictures.  We're gonna take it to enforcement.  We're gonna go to another room, all right?  Just follow her.  [bleep]


 
OFC. RIMOLA
He's got so much that it's like.
OFC. RIMOLA
We'll just go one by one.
OFC. PUPO
Uh-hmm.  And then like these chicks like they kiss.  Go back.
OFC. RIMOLA
This one?
OFC. PUPO
Hmm, yeah.  He has pictures here where he, like, has her, like, hold up her ID.
OFC. RIMOLA
Yeah, how old she is.
OFC. PUPO
No, she's not young.
OFC. PUPO
But no kids or nothing.
OFC. RIMOLA
No, no.  Nothing.
OFC. RIMOLA
I mean, I have yet to find anything that's, like, technically illegal.  He had a lot of pictures of women, I would say, in their 20's, 30's, so, putting everything together, looking at the pictures on his phone, we came to the conclusion that it wasn't child pornography what he was into.  I found nothing.  You were good to go.  Uh-huh?
OFC. PUPO
We're not the moral police.
OFC. PUPO
We don't care about people's personal lives, as long as they don't intervene with our job.  And our job is to stop any type of narcotic, any type of terrorism, any type of child pornography, anything illegal that may come into the United States.
OFC. RIMOLA
Thank you for being patient.


OFC. BONO
This lady needs medical attention.  She was smuggling cocaine.  She has admitted to having a balloon of cocaine inside of her, which, if burst, could be life-threatening.  All right, so you do know that one of you, who is obviously a female, is gonna have to go in the room.
OFC. VANACORE
Uh-hmm.
OFC. BONO
Because once the narcotics comes out, cannot be handled by anyone other than us.
OFC. VANACORE
Yes.
OFC. BONO
All right.  Go on.  I'll be right there.  As of right now, at this very moment, she is going in for a CAT scan.
OFC. BONO
It has to be determined where it is and then the doctors have to figure out how to get it out.  In the grand scheme of things, we certainly don't want anybody to get hurt.  She is on a clock if something is packed poorly, so, it's, it's imperative that it comes out.


OFFICER MILLER
I felt an anomaly…
OFFICER MILLER
In her vaginal area.
OFFICER CEVALLOS-CADENA
Loaded?
OFFICER MILLER
Pretty sure.
OFFICER MILLER
She claimed it was a tampon.
OFFICER MILLER
But she's very upset.
OFFICER MILLER
I asked her if she was willing if I got her a pad to remove the tampon and then she just got very scared, very distraught.  And from there, she admitted that it was not a tampon.
OFFICER
And did she pull it out or what happened?
OFFICER
She did.
OFFICER MILLER
She removed it herself and admitted that it was narcotics.  This is a common trend we have been seeing with female travelers.
OFFICER
The gentleman in the black shirt is her guide.
OFFICER CEVALLOS-CADENA
The guy is with her?  Okay, 10-4.  With the red shoes?
OFFICER
Yes.  So I asked her if she thought.
OFFICER
That he was bringing anything across and she said, "No."
OFFICER
But he knows about it.  He's the guide.
OFFICER CEVALLOS-CADENA
Okay.  Within minutes after she came in, another individual male came in.  
OFFICER CEVALLOS-CADENA
She has some kind of connections with that individual.
OFFICER
So we're gonna take her, so she doesn't have to come back in here.
OFFICER
We'll hold on to that guy.
OFFICER
Yeah.
OFFICER MILLER
[inaudible] you're okay.  Take a deep breath.  Just hang on.
TRAVELER
What's gonna happen?
OFFICER MILLER
We're going to have an agent come and talk to you.
OFFICER MILLER
And they will discuss the process with you, okay?
TRAVELER
Am I, like, going to prison?
OFFICER MILLER
I can't explain that to you.
OFFICER MILLER
Just sit down and hang out for a little bit, okay?


SUP. HUMES
He just pooped it out.
CHIEF MATLIN
You guys tested it?  All right.  Perfect.  Positive for cocaine.  Okay, let us know when you're clear to come back with the doctors to get the medical release and then we'll get HSI on the way.  All right.  Thank you.  So, they just informed me that the doctor took an x-ray.
CHIEF MATLIN
Was about to interpret the x-ray with the radiologist and then the subject passed the object that we, the, the doctor felt it in there.
SUP. HUMES
Well, it appears that it's wrapped up in a condom.  Okay, zero it out.
SUP. HUMES
Pure cocaine coming from Colombia.  Cut it three times, it's about $28,000.
SUP. HUMES
That's a lot of money for that little small amount of cocaine.  And you're making a trip every month, so that adds up.  The street value on that is a lot.
CHIEF MATLIN
Once he comes back, we'll place the subject under arrest and then turn him over to HSI.  They'll conduct an interview and they'll decide which charges and sections of law they're going to apply to this particular case and then they'll book him into the federal detention facility.



OFFICER CEVALLOS-CADENA
Let's see if I can get one out.  There we go.  I'm taking a sample pill that I'm gonna crush up.  Put some solution in there.  That solution is gonna dissolve it and help us get our results with this little test strip.  So, what we're looking here on this is to see if this watermark creates a red line which is positive for fentanyl.  There you go.  Positive for fentanyl.
OFFICER CEVALLOS-CADENA
So this is the final weight, 37.7 grams (1 ounce).  Now we're gonna take the fentanyl pills to the storage vault that we have.
OFFICER
I'm gonna have you step out here.
OFFICER
We are gonna take your fingerprints, okay?
OFFICER CEVALLOS-CADENA
HSI is gonna get contacted, an HSI agent's gonna come and interview the individual smuggling these narcotics.
OFFICER
Let's start with your left four fingers.
TRAVELER
Am I under arrest?  That's what I want to know.
TRAVELER
If I'm under arrest then you can go ahead and touch me.
TRAVELER
But if I'm not.
OFFICER
You're detained.
TRAVELER
But why am I being detained?  That's what I want to know.
OFFICER
Because an agent needs to talk to you.
OFFICER CEVALLOS-CADENA
He's gonna be interviewed as well.  He's gonna be detained.
OFFICER CEVALLOS-CADENA
We're gonna question him because she has some kind of connections with that individual.  Those gentlemen, they prey on females, single mothers that are really hurting for money, not really working at this time, and persuades them, try to make a few bucks.  But unfortunately, she got busted today, and fortunately we got some drugs off the streets.
OFFICER
All right, we're good.
OFFICER
I'm going to have you go back into the cell.



SUPERVISORY OFC. RAIO
Just bring her into the P.D. room area and we'll get a wheelchair.
OFC. BONO
The passenger is okay.
OFC. BONO
There was no side effects or no lasting damage.  She was released into our custody to be brought back here to Terminal Four and be turned over to HSI.
OFC. CONTINO
Paperwork's good and I brought an extra copy.
OFFICER
Beautiful.  How you doin', all right?  Long day?
OFC. BONO
She has admitted she had done this a few times prior.  She has to go through our judicial system now, and I'm sure she's going to learn a valuable lesson and move on from this and learn from it.


SUP. HUMES
Okay.  So you'll be here in probably, like, three to five minutes?
CHIEF MATLIN
The doctor medically cleared the suspect.
CHIEF MATLIN
Once he comes back we'll fill out our paperwork as far as turning over chain of custody forms and evidence.  With his circumstances he can certainly be in jail for quite a few years.
SUP. HUMES
Even though he was caught smuggling cocaine, this guy seem like he has some type of opioid addiction.  He stated to the officers that he takes oxycodone on a daily basis.  Can you sit up?  You have to sit up.
OFFICER
He can't move on his own.  He can't move on his own.
SUP. HUMES
What he's going through now is the oxycodone withdrawal.
OFFICER
How you feeling right now?
SUP. HUMES
When we encountered him, he was walking and he was coherent and he was speaking normally.  Now, he's like, the worst condition that you could see a person.  I, you know, have empathy for any person going through that.  But, as an officer, it's our job to make sure we enforce the laws.

SUP. HUMES
You know, anyone that comes into the United States who's attempting to break the law by smuggling is gonna get arrested.
CHIEF MATLIN
For us, this is what it's all about.  To catch people who are smuggling narcotics into the U.S. is exactly why we sign up to do this job on this team.
SUP. HUMES
Today is a good day for us to get this off the street, save a lot of lives.