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 30th. he turned the boat and gave us 30 seconds to take the pictures at the exact spot tiffany hartley said they had stopped. this is the last place they came to at the old guerrero church. they took pictures on the front step, according to tiffany hartley. and they set down this channel to head back and it was able 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
came to at the old guerrero church. they took pictures on the front step, according to tiffany hartley. and they set down this channel to head back and it was able 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 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. you know, i saw him and he was just kind of we got to go. like, this is serious, but he
reporter: robert speedy colette who owns a fishing business admits he s been stopped by cartel but bristles as news reports of piracy and danger. these reports decimated his business on the lake which he insisted is safe. as long as you know the rules. it happened to me. i didn t run. they boarded. they found out i wasn t a threat, and i was released. never robbed. never took a penny from me. they did not my wallet was in my glove box. i had $1,100 in my wallet. my clients were pretty wealthy people. plenty of money on them. nothing ever happened to them. reporter: in the air over falcon lake, stacy holland says the texas department of public safety was already as vising boaters on falcon lake to be very careful.
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 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 rac
scenario he has put together from three witnesses on the mexican side of the lake. one source in mexico and at least one witness who told cnn that he saw a high speed chase on the u.s. side. a boat chasing a girl on a jet ski. it is clear that one of sheriff gonzalez sources was involved in the attack itself. so given instructions to shoot to kill her also, but she was able to escape. she said she was able to get away from us and we kept shooting at her to this her but she kept zigzagging and we were not able to hit her. she says she was zigzagging being chased by the boat into the united states, and the, of course, there s a witness that corroborates that, also. reporter: the eyewitness who was standing here at the time is still too scared to show his face on camera, but is telling cnn now that he did witness not only tiffany hartley on her jet ski, but the boat chasing her right there as they came into this inlet in american waters pm chasing tiffany hartley almost