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Smugglers from crossing from mexico into the u.s. >> right there, right there. one guy's gotten out. one guy's gotten out into that house. >> reporter: they are also trying to stop the violence of a full-scale drug war from spilling north. >> are there parts of this border that you would be basically lawless or run by the cartels? >> absolutely. ♪ >> reporter: smack in the middle of this 21st century version of the wild west, two young americans, david hartley and tiffany young, just teenagers when they fell in love. >> we started dating in '98. the summer of '98, and dated for quite a while...

Disturbing of all to holland, more coordination, lookouts, even reconnaissance in smuggling. >> one thing you have to understand is how well coordinated this is and what the level of scouting and planning and organization is. >> right curve in the road coming up. >> reporter: these videos of chases at first made no sense. >> you getting a shot of this? >> yeah, i got it. >> reporter: drug runners caught in the u.s. and then racing back to mexico. >> coming up to the river. >> reporter: their stolen vehicles hurled full speed into the rio grande. >> oh, my god. splash down. >> reporter: at firs...

And americans have been targets, too. >> you know, i almost think that we're flying over tribal pakistan, the way you describe this area. are you surprised or are you hardened to the fact that most of america doesn't realize this is going on? >> you know, it does amaze me, and maybe it's because i'm exposed to it so much working on the southwestern border, but we're in a war. we're in an engagement with an enemy that's like no other enemy we ever faced before. you have to combat these people with some of the same tactics that they employ on you. if you asked me ten years ago would we be doing ...

>> only people with jet skis are involved with dope. >> right. >> reporter: clearly nervous, colette barely slowed down as we approach the church tiffany and david hartley visited on september 30th. he turned the boat and gave us 30 seconds to take the pictures at the exact spot tiffany hartley said they had stopped. >> this is the last place they came to at the old guerrero church. they took pictures on the front step, according to tiffany hartley. and they set down this channel to head back, and it was about five minutes into their voyage when they were approached by the boats. in an instant...

>> i know. >> and what i don't understand is this. with all the sort of good friendship that our country has with mexico, you know, is there nothing that our government, that the president can't do anything to sort of fast track this or doesn't mexico sort of want to be accommodating? i mean, if you even look at this, you are are not going to hold him in prison. if even anybody looked at the case inside mexico and looked at our videotapes, you would see that he never intended to be in mexico. this was an accident. >> a cursory look at this case would say this was a mistake and he has apologize...