one guy s gotten out. 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 before we got engaged in 2001 and married in 2002. what took so long? we were 18. reporter: they wound up here, in the mexican border town of reynosa, jut south of mcallen. he was a district manager for an oil company. it was a blessing to us and
texas department of public safety are trying to stop drug smugglers from crossing from mexico into the u.s. right there, right there. one guy s gotten out. 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 before we got engaged in 2001 and married in 2002. what took so long? we were 18. reporter: they wound up here, in the mexican border town of reynosa, jut south of mcallen. he was a district manager for an
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 before we got engaged in 2001 and married in 2002. what took so long? we were 18. reporter: they wound up here, in the mexican border town of reynosa, jut south of mcallen. he was a district manager for an oil company. it was a blessing to us and our marriage. yeah. we were that s where we truly grew as a couple and had
texas department of public safety are trying to stop drug smugglers from crossing from mexico into the u.s. right there, right there. one guy s gotten out. 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 before we got engaged in 2001 and married in 2002. what took so long? we were 18. reporter: they wound up here, in the mexican border town of reynosa, jut south of mcallen. he was a district manager for an oil company. it was a blessing to us and our marriage.
right there, right there. one guy s gotten out. 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 before we got engaged in 2001 and married in 2002. what took so long? we were 18. reporter: they wound up here, in the mexican border town of reynosa, jut south of mcallen. he was a district manager for an oil company.