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Gonzalez was the first american law official to speak to her. >> it seems something made up. seemed like a story out of the comic books. >> its hard, because -- >> but tiffany hartley is insistent on telling her version of what happened. here with cnns anderson cooper. >> you were meeting with mexican investigators much of the day did you get the feeling that they believed you or didnt believe your story? >> no, i do believe that they believe my story. i mean, they -- we had people from the stat...

After all the searching, all the investigation, texas authorities say they could not find the body of david hartley. where is the body? >> the body was disposed of. there is no body. this is the international boundary. >> in his office in texas, county sheriff ziggy gonzalez says he knows for a fact that david hartley will never be returned to the united states for burial. do you know how? >> yes. four different sources with different agencies have come forward. they told us how they disposed of...

Gonzalez says a new threat has emerged. pirates. >> totally. you know, the defense of a piracy is a lot different than what i know it to be. you know, have one robbery on the lake totally? >> robert "speedy" collette who owns a fishing lodge here admits hes been stopped by drug cartel members, but he also bristles at news reports of piracy and danger. these reports have decimated his business on the lake which he insists is safe as long as you know the rules. >> it happened to me. i didnt run. t...

Mistaken identity? >> clearly all evidence indicates that this was a case of mistaken identity based on the tactical intelligence ive seen surrounding the case. >> the most likely scenario is david and tiffany hartley had wandered into a drug war and were mistaken as the enemy. zapata county sheriff gonzalez believes the hartleys had not only wandered into a war but had arrived on the mexican side of falcon lake at the exact moment a cartel was about to move a large amount of marijuana. up on a ...

Time. that information, as everybody said, i have relayed on federal officials, state and local officials. were all aware that that area is used as an area. >> so based on your sources and your intelligence, when they began to encroach on what would be a drug deal, they were looked upon as potentially -- >> threats. as threats. and that is why they were given the instructions to go ahead and shoot at them. >> the sheriff now tells cnn that eyewitnesses have come forward to him, witnesses he says...

Of her behaviors and interviews she did shortly after the murder of her husband which raised doubt in peoples mind. >> fred burtons firm provides security information for companies worldwide. including information on drug cartels operating along the u.s./mexican border. >> anybody thats an outsider that goes into that area is viewed as either working for another cartel or a possible informant for a government agency. >> this is the boat camp here. this is the area where she came in to seek help....

From almost the very beginning after the attack, tiffany hartley seemed to be everywhere, telling her story. >> i think it would be difficult for anybody in my situation. and i know, you know, theres been stories out there before, and people questioned. but i know what i know. i mow what i saw. >> not only interviews with local television stations but networks on the "today" show. >> how close did these people come to you? can you describe them to me? >> honestly, looking at the barrel of the gu...

A bale of marijuana in the bottom. it is information mexican authorities have had since the very first day. sheriff, i mean, ive got to ask you, is that possible that mexico is going to find, catch and adjudicate the killers in what is a lawless part of mexico? >> i really cannot answer that, but i can tell you this. that based on their past record, i think they have somewhat of a zero solvency rate and a zero conviction rate. >> and there is one more piece of evidence. a small blood spot on the...

Because he knew that i would be judged, that i would be questioned that day for what happened. zbl even though dna proved davids blood was on tiffanys life jacket, questions persist. where was the camera that they used to take pictures of old guerro? why wasnt there far more blood evidence? the jet ski? >> the jet ski was also -- its my understanding that the jet ski was taken apart. the parts that would float were burned and buried afterwards. and the parts that would not float were just thrown...