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>> leland: welcome back to quantico, virginia, home of the place that they train so many of the next generation of marine officers headed out to join the fleet. one thing that has changed so much about warfare especially if iraq, afghanistan and syria is the use of military working dogs like mo here with his handler, sergeant raymond cleveland. and shall we say we got a first-hand look at exactly what mo can do on the battlefield. >> he's actually a patrol with suspect apprehension and an explosive detector dog. he locates between 15 to 30 different types of explosives. >> reporter: you think ...

>> reporter: kathy looks on as her son's dog eli shows off his talents. eli is a detector dog specially trained to locate improvised explosive devices. after colton's death his family petitions the marine doer adopt their son's best friend. >> eli has done this job. >> we are colton's family and now we'reie's family. >> the dog is supposed to stay in the kennel at night. he broke the rules a little bit. that's how close him and the dog hely were. >> reporter: colton's family

Border patrol for 21 years. he says dollars spent on fences, cameras and more agents is paying off. people can't just climb over or crawl under the fence or make a run for it over the border crossings like they used to in the past. >> the days of running around and catching what you can are gone. >> reporter: but people are still trying to get across every day and some have come up with some creative and sometimes dangerous ways to do it. hiding inside vehicles is one way, huddled in the trunk, or in hidden compartments. some of the spots people have crammed into are hard to believe. laying in...

Dangerous ways to do it. [ speaking spanish ] >> reporter: hiding inside vehicles is one way. huddled in the trunk or in hidden compartments. some of the spots people have crammed into are hard to believe. laying in dashboards, sewn into car seats, even under the hood. last month a detector dog alerted agents to this mercedes side panel. police say a woman was found inside passed out with a four-inch burn on her leg. last summer the auto x-ray discovered a man and his 15-year-old boy inside this makeshift gas tank compartment, both suffering chemical burns. over the years people have been caug...