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The phone. it's an ambush. he is cornered. then interrogated. it doesn't take him long to give up the name of the owner of the cell phone, whom the eco guards believe is one of the elephant poachers. they are just there, they live there. he's a young guy. an hour later, the eco guards pick up not one, but two men, brothers. and enter gate them back at the unit's checkpoint. the other rifle, where is it, you own which one, he demands. the 458, one brother responds. he admits they were at the camp, but claims they were just fishing. both refuse to give up the names of those who shot at the eco g...

>> reporter: he says corruption is rampant in the congo. >> that comes from military. >> reporter: that's military issue? >> this one, of course. >> reporter: at times, they can't even trust themselves. this seized compass is just like those issued to the eco guards. >> you must have contact to surrender. >> reporter: we wanted to ask the government about the corruption claims. the minister responsible for forests conceded, the government needs to clean up its act. certainly, certainly, he told us. yes, it is true that there are accomplices to this illegal trading of wildlife. that is not easy...

The violence erupted when rebels loyal to the ousted vice president of south sudan tried to stage a coup. and all this week, cnn is reporting on a terrible, horrible problem. this is the killing of thousands of elephants every year. the problem so bad, central africa has now lost almost two-thirds of its elephants. arwa damon went along on a hunt for the poachers, where shots were fired, the end, a sad find. this is a cnn exclusive, and got to warn you here, these images are graphic. >> reporter: it's been eight, grueling, hot hours on this river. chasing poachers in the republic of congo's ...

Is to guerilla warfare until one is actually on the ground with them, seeing how dangerous the situation actually is. and, of course, you were hearing from them there, the fact they have all been threatened, even the head of the division. he had to move his family out of the park headquarters, where they were living to the capital to try to keep them safe, because of the intensity of the threats they were getting. >> arwa, is there any fear when you're following the poachers, when they're following the poachers, the poachers will turn around and start shooting back at them? it seems like it wo...