the texas department of public safety was already as vising boaters on falcon lake to be very careful. just a warning to let people know that this threat is out there and it s very real and that we ve had documented cases of pirating. so it s mainly for situational awareness, and, you know, we don t recommend going into mexico on this side of the lake. reporter: tiffany hartley says she had heard about troubles on falcon lake, but she and david had been there once before and thing was fine. they never felt that somehow anything could happen. we hadn t heard of anything for a while and we were just there in august. enjoyed three, four hours that day on falcon lake. reporter: after all, it was so sunny. so calm. so perfect for one last ride. i told him, please, don t
on when tiffany says the attack began. there s a boat on our left and two on our right. on kind of towards the land, we re kind of in the middle of the lake. and then that s when he motioned that we needed to go. reporter: did you see something in his eyes that said, this could be serious? i could just tell by his body language. up know, i saw him, and he was just kind of we got to go. like, this is serious, but he stayed behind and stayed between me and the boats. reporter: protecting you? uh-huh. reporter: it was now a chase. tiffany says her jet ski was going at least 65 miles an hour. they were racing for the other side, for the u.s., for safety. i mean, were you scared? were you frightened at that moment? oh, oh my gosh. yeah.
camera, not to raise any suspicion, and told us there s no doubt how jet skiers would look following this same path, like drug smugglers. only people with jet skis are involved with dope. right. clearly nervous, collette barely slowed down as we approached the church tiffany and david hartley visited on september 30th. he turned the boat and gave us 30 seconds to take these pictures at the exact spot where tiffany hartley said they had stopped. so this is the last place that they came to, the old guerro church. they took pictures on the front step of tiffany hartley and then set out down this channel to head back. and it was about five minutes into their voyage when they were approached by the boats. in an instant, the man who told us this lake was safe was again speeding away from mexico 70 miles an hour, the same path the hartleys were on when tiffany
it is no different even along this peaceful 28-mile long lake straddling the u.s.-mexican border two hours north of mccallon. we ve had along the border shootings. we ve had along the border murders. home invasions, burglaries, rapes. all types of crime where it s associated with what i call spillover violence. reporter: siggy gonzalez has been the sheriff for 16 year. ever since his predecessor was arrested for drug smuggling i. remember when i first started, as a deputy sheriff back in the 1970s, where this was used for drug traffics. human trafficking. being used forever. reporter: and lately, even before the hartley s trip to falcon lake, gonzalez says a new
us promise not to raise our camera, not to raise any suspicion and told us there s no doubt how jet skiers would look following this same path, like drug smugglers. only people with jet skis are involved with dope. right. reporter: clearly nervous, colette barely slowed down as we approach the church tiffany and david hartley visited on september 230 30th. he turned the boat and gavs us 30 seconds to take the pictures at the exact spot tiffany hartley said he stopped. this is the last place they came to at the old guerrero church. they too many pictures on the steps and then set out down this clan to head back and it was about five minutes into their voyage when they were approached by the boats. in an instant, the man who told us this lake was safe was again speeding away from mexico 70 miles an hour. the same path the hartleys were