than the ledgislatures that are writing letters and there are plenty that are writing letters on his behalf but his attorney has not given them any promise of any immediate or even short term release. so as you got up to leave what did you say to your son? well, we always pray and we always put everything back into god s hands so continue to protect andrew and to protect the officers in the jail that are protecting andrew to just pray that we will get that miraculous release soon back to freedom. mothers naturally love their sons and will always believe the best. is there any suspicion at all that he was involved in any sort of drug running or is there anything he could have been doing he hasn t been arrested for any drug charges but this is a drug corridor? absolutely clean whistle accept for the fact that i started noticing him drinking
leader was captured. the now mexican president didn t want to go after the leaders because they are always replaced and their capture leads to a power vacum. the drug corridor leads from laredo and right through texas and very profitable and if there is and kind of system of weakening of the zeta cartel. you can imagine that that will lead to which more violence. we ll bring in mike motorcycle cutler who is a former ins agent and the first question is do you believe that this weakens the zeta cartel at all. thanks for having me on, trace. i spent half of my career. and the cities are infested by the mexican cartels.
sounded like they were in trouble. sounded like a whole bunch of cursing and like they were in trouble. like why are you here? and why are you taking us? so that s how we know that they had, you know, like an altercation. despite all these ominous signs, shep, authorities in mexico say there are some indications that the three men may still be alive. shep? shepard: trace, the last thing we want to do is disparage these captives, important to tell the whole story. part of it is authorities say there is indications this may be related to mexican drug trade. and the marine father was maybe involved in a land dispute with one of the drug cartels. of course, those types of disputes are very rarely ever documented very well. now, we know that the drug gangs have been trying to control this part of for years because it huge and very lucrative drug corridor right into the united states. this is the region, if you will recall, where tiffany
this is, is a prime area for kidnappings. they have seen them there many times. it s right near the rio grande.ç right near the u.s. border, and because that s a major drug corridor, which is otherwise known as an entryway for billions of dollars of drugs to get from mexico into the united states, that is a prime area for the drug cartels. you might remember that this is the area where tiffani hartley and her husband, david, were attacked by drug cartels. they were shot and killed. his body has never been recovered.ll!÷ñ armando torres disappeared with his uncle, gone for three weeks. the state department and mexican authorities are all now involved shepard: trace, thanks. as i mentioned the marine has two sons. their mother is with us now. melissa estrade da, would be on camera but says she fear for her family s safety so we re talking to her on the phone.
several different mountain slopes and right up there at the top of that peak where you see two peaks come together at the would tomorrow of the peaks is what we call a saddle. it was in between a saddle that a trail led up where agent ivy lost his life. nationwide, 26 border patrol agents have lost their lives since 2012. since 2002. ivy is the first to die from friendly fire. this was 1:00 in the morning when the incident occurred so there is a good chance of misidentification. there is no lighting out here except what lighting the moon actually would give you and whatever flash lights or light that the agents would have. the shootout occurred in a notorious drug corridor where frequently outnumbered agents try to flush suspects in the arms of fellow agents in an attempt to trap them in the the middle. we have to do the best we can to try to arrest as many people as we can. we try to pinch them in between the two agents and that very well might have played a part