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The space shuttle enterprise arrives at its new home. enterprise will now be hosted on to the aircraft carrier for visitors to see. five bodies have been discovered in a burned out van in arizona. the area off interstate 8 is described as desolate and a hot spot for human traffickers. due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. in a few days, the hillsborough county jail in tampa will welcome its newest team member. one whose job will be to help stop illegal drug use and smug...

>> bret: the u.s. border patrol captured 13 illegal aliens disguiseed as american marines entering the u.s. just east of san diego. correspondent william la jeunesse has details tonight. >> reporter: bret, they were seen in uniform driving what appeared to be a u.s. van with u.s. government plates. now they were stopped at the border patrol checkpoint at interstate 8, about 30 miles east of san diego. they noticed something odd on the license plate. the o had before altered to look like an 8. th...

Interstate 8. thats when they pull over your car and ask you a few questions. the 13 illegal immigrants and two americans accused of smuggling them wore official u.s. marine uniforms in what appeared to be a white u.s. government van with u.s. government plates. the agent noticed something odd. on the license plate a zero had been altered to be an eight. all the crew, all of them had crew cuts. they wore marine camouflage uniforms and caps. im told the license plate had been stolen off a truck i...

>> bret: the u.s. border patrol captured 13 illegal aliens disguiseed as american marines entering the u.s. just east of san diego. correspondent william la jeunesse has details tonight. >> reporter: bret, they were seen in uniform driving what appeared to be a u.s. van with u.s. government plates. now they were stopped at the border patrol checkpoint at interstate 8, about 30 miles east of san diego. they noticed something odd on the license plate. the o had before altered to look like an 8. th...

This is not afghanistan. but arizona. federal land open to hikers but the government warns the public to stay out. >> our normal patrol deputy is outmanned and outgunned and they come from mexico with ak-47s, and special rifles. >> we are 70 miles from the mexican border and you can see this is a well-known layup point and human and drug smuggling corridor and millions of dollars of cargo come through here and deputies have lookouts at the high points and they have been watching us since we arri...

Office, one of the sheriffs out in arizona, paul balboa and his deputies, are taking their night to the desert playing a dangerous cat and mouse game with mexican dug smugglers and other illegal aliens. william la jeunesse joined them, and he joins now from phoenix. all right. so what, exactly, where are you doing? >> reporter: well, many see this as arizonas overreacting. what they forget is smuggling people and drug is the a dangerous, lucrative and often deadly business. take a look at this m...

Federal law opened to hiker, though the government warns the public to stay out. >> our normal patrol deputy is outmanned and outgunned in this area. theyre coming from mexico with ak-47s, with ar-15 style rifles. >> reporter: the amazing thing here is we are 70 miles from the mexican border, and yet you can see this is a well-known lay-up point and a human and drug smuggling corridor. millions of dollars of cargo come through this valley. in fact, deputies say they have lookouts at the high poi...

Chase. >> in the backseat was a bundle of marijuana, and on the floor board in the backseat there was two fully-loaded ak47s. >> reporter: the sheriff whos raising money privately to outfit his deputies with more powerful weapons says the administration needs to help arizona, not sue it. >> id like to invite president obama to come here and see this drug and human smuggling corridor to see for himself 80 miles, 70 miles, 90 miles deep into our state, into america whats going on. >> reporter: to ...

You can see this is a well-known lay up point and a human and drug smuggling corridor. millions of dollars of cargo come through this valley. deputies say they have look outs at the high points and theyve been probably watching us since the time we arrived. from here illegals hike a short distance to interstate 8 to get picked up. >> that is to avoid detection and avoid tracking -frpbltsz they wear pieces of carpet on their feet to disguise their footprints, some drinking bundles of marijuana to...

This is not afghanistan. but arizona. federal land open to hikers but the government warns the public to stay out. >> our normal patrol deputy is outmanned and outgunned and they come from mexico with ak-47s, and special rifles. >> we are 70 miles from the mexican border and you can see this is a well-known layup point and human and drug smuggling corridor and millions of dollars of cargo come through here and deputies have lookouts at the high points and they have been watching us since we arri...