area. >> reporter: this area is called juarez valley. it's a strategic location dotted with small towns along the rio grande on the mexican side of the border. prime real estate for the cartels because it's close to the united states, a major highway and the railroad line. >> it's easy access in and out. >> reporter: battle for warring cartels to control the juarez valley has been fierce. people here call this the valley of death. on the other side of these tall, steel gates is a town in mexico that's under siege, and residents say there's a war raging there. entire families have been chased out of the juarez valley. some have taken only what they can carry. authorities say to make sure they can't come back, their houses are burned down in a campaign of terror where people have also been kidnapped and beheaded.
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