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Now, they can produce horse meat in the united states, for the first time since 2006. now, that's raising a lot of fear and some anger. and we wanted to learn more about the plant and what it would do. casey wian and "outfront" now with an exclusive look at what the new horse slaughter plant in new mexico is going to look like. >> reporter: ricardo santos ran this new mexico cattle slaughterhouse until drought and recession forced him to shut down last year. now he's weeks away from reopening, but this time to slaughter horses. >> it will be a facility that's run professionally and we will do ...

And we wanted to learn more about the plant and what it would do. casey wian and "outfront" now with an exclusive look at what the new horse slaughter plant in new mexico is going to look like. >> reporter: ricardo santos ran this new mexico cattle slaughterhouse until drought and recession forced him to shut down last year. now he's weeks away from reopening, but this time to slaughter horses. >> it will be a facility that's run professionally and we will do everything we can to maintain, or to do it humanely. >> reporter: these are the mens where the horses will be kept before they're slaugh...

Do everything we can to maintain or to do it humanely. >> reporter: these are the pens where the horses will be kept before they're slaughtered. they'll also be inspected here by usda inspectors. they'll then be moved into this chute and walk up this way one after the other. the horses will then enter what's called the knocking chute. they'll go through this passageway here. after each horse enters the chute, this door here will be closed. that way the horses waiting to be slaughtered will not be spooked by what happens to the horse in here. this is the captive bolt gun. it uses air pressure t...