Two alleged drugs smugglers were caught live on TV sneaking into the United States over the border fence.

A Mexican news team had been filming a segment on cross border shootings at Nogales in Arizona when two men were seen climbing over the railings.

Footage shows the alleged cartel members, who were wearing giant backpacks, shimmying down the fence.

Courtesy Azteca Noticias

Two bumbling drugs smugglers were caught live on TV sneaking into the United States over the border fence

A Mexican news team had been filming a segment on cross border shootings at Nogales in Arizona when two men were caught on the cameras climbing over the fence

When they landed on U.S. soil, they made their way along the fence as one made a call on his cellphone, Brietbart reports.

The pair then hunted for cover and had made their way to hide behind some shrubs when they noticed the Mexican film crew, Azteca Noticias, filming them.

Appearing angry, they began shouting at reporter Carolina Rocha and her crew to stop filming.

When the news team refused, the smugglers make a call before running back to the fence.

The men scale the metal railings within seconds and flee back into Mexico as the reporter tells them; 'I am only doing my job, son.'

Footage shows the smugglers, who were wearing giant backpacks, shimmying down the fence

When they land on U.S. soil, they made their way along the fence as one made a call on his cellphone

Cartel gangs sending drugs from Mexico over border fence has become common problem in the Nogales area.

But in other area, drugs smugglers have been forced to get more creative.

Last week U.S. border patrol agents uncovered a cross-border passageway - the length of four football fields - filed with a ton of marijuana between a Californian house and a Mexican restaurant.

It is the 75th secret passage between the US and Mexico discovered in the last decade, and the 12th specifically connecting California with America's southern neighbor.

The land used to be a warehouse that is believed to be empty, until a mother and daughter purchased it in April 2015 for $240,000.

There is another commercial space next door which is also vacant.

They finished the house for an additional $86,000, but got the construction workers to leave space for them to excavate.

The pair hunt for cover and had made their way to hide behind some shrubs when they noticed the Mexican film crew, Azteca Noticias, filming them

Appearing angry, they begin shouting at reporter Carolina Rocha and her crew to stop filming

The owners then dug and joined up the tunnel from the Mexican side which was believed to have been finished by the time they bought the property.

Joel Duarte Medina and Manuel Gallegos Jiminez were arrested in Calexico on Wednesday, and Marcia Manuela Duarte-Medina and her mother, Eva Duarte De Medina, were arrested in Arizona on Tuesday. They were charged with various drug trafficking, money laundering and tunnel-related offenses, authorities said

The US end of the tunnel they built uniquely opened up in Calexico, which is further inland and has harder soil, making it harder to dig.

More tunnels have been found in the area around Otay Mesa, which is near the San Diego crossing.

Mexico's Sinaloa cartel has long controlled drug trafficking along the border in California's Imperial Valley, which offers easy freeway access to Los Angeles and Phoenix.

The group's leader, Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman, escaped from Mexican prison in July through a tunnel and was captured again in January.

The latest discovery is the first completed tunnel found in a decade in Calexico, which is less of a draw for drug traffickers because the soil is harder and the city is largely residential, authorities said.

San Diego is popular because its clay-like soil is easy to dig and its Otay Mesa is industrial and has many large warehouses considered ideal for storing and moving drugs.

A US border patrol agent lies on the kitchen floor of a California home that has a tunnel leading to Mexico