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To take pictures of old guerrero? why wasn't there far more blood evidence? >> the jet ski -- >> the jet ski was destroyed. my understanding, the jet ski was taken apart. that parts that would float were burned and buried afterwards. and the parts that would not float were just thrown into the lake and of course, they sunk. this is coming in from mexico. >> reporter: the sheriff believes hartley's story but may never be able to prove it. david hartley's mother can barely control her emotion. >> what happened to david and tiffany was an act of terror. plain and simple. it was a senseless violen...

Guerrero? why wasn't there far more blood evidence? >> the jet ski -- >> the jet ski was destroyed. my understanding, the jet ski was taken apart. that parts that would float were burned and buried afterwards. and the parts that would not float were just thrown into the lake and of course, they sunk. this is coming in from mexico. >> reporter: the sheriff believes hartley's story but may never be able to prove it. david hartley's mother can barely control her emotion. >> what happened to david and tiffany was an act of terror. plain and simple. it was a senseless violence, but it was an act of...

Yeah. we were -- that's where we truly grew as a couple and had adventures. >> reporter: when the hartley's first arrive here this peaceful town was a perfect place for the young couple to live, but slowly it became more and more violent. there is a war in reynosa. two drug cartels battling for turf. the zetas, a rogue band of former military are trying to push out the gulf cartel which has smuggled drugs across the rio grande for decades. killings of constant. tiffany and david hartley learned firsthand. mexican police were not to be trusted. for instance, he was coming home from the bank aft...

>> reporter: not only interviews with local television stations but networks. on the "today" show. >> how close did these people come to you ask can you describe them to me? >> honestly, looking at the barrel of the gun is all i saw. >> reporter: the cbs morning news. >> we nerve her that feeling that something was going to happen that day. >> reporter: but word began to leak out even from mexico that her story was being doubted. >> so she kept on coming this way. >> reporter: the zapata county sheriff, siggy gonzalez was the first american law official to speak with her. >> it seems something...

Coordinated this is and what the level of scouting and planning and organization is. >> right coming up. >> reporter: these videos of chases at first made to sense. >> 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 first, law enforcement believed these were desperate attempts to escape. then they began to hear radio traffic. coordinates. >> right there. oh-oh! >> in the water. >> that's a recovery team. >>...