in an exclusive report adam raney met a man who fought for three years to prove his citizenship, and another still fighting to keep from being wrongly deported again. >> this is perg tri for this man. he gets deported, crosses back gaol. >> when you get released... >> imprisoned in arizona, he's been here so many times the guards joke he's a frequent flyer. every time he crosses the u.s. border he risks injury or worse. border agents picked him up nearly dead from dehydration. another time smugglers beat him up and broke his fingers. once he was kidnapped. >> put us in a room. blood on the walls and floor. they tied us up from the back, hands on the back. put tape on us. they put us on our knees. >> he only escaped with a stranger's help. >> get the bus and get out of here, she told me. you. >> when they come back, you face a risk you could die. why do you come back? >> i have no family in mexico. i don't have nobody in mexico, i don't have nobody to help me out. i just need to get back. what can i do in mexico. >> he has strong evidence that he's a u.s. citizen. this is his father's

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adam raney has that exclusive report from tucson ari zona. >> estban tiznado-reyna is caught in an endless cycle. he gets deported, crosses back and lands in gaol. once smugglers broke his hand. another time he was kidnapped, escaping with the hep of a stranger. >>, "get out of here, if they get you they'll kill you." >> the u.s. government couldn't prove he's not a citizen, he can't convince them he is. >> this is his father's birt certificate. prove that father and son are citizens. in a statement to al jazeera, the government avoided saying whether he was a citizen, only saying that a judge ordered him deported to mexico and site his criminal history and drug possession and burglary. >> we drive to his mother's place, where he has lived all but three of his 40 years. >> his mother has little time with her son. >> i'm worried about him, that he's out there alone, whether he's eating, what he's eating, whether he's sleeping. if something may happen to him. >> with nearly 2 million deported under president obama, many mother share her troubles. that man was deported in 2008. immigration of

more now from adam raney. >> mexican soldiers and vigilantes are on a manhunt.oth groups are searching the mountains looking for the most-wanted man in mexico. the head of the knights templar. for months this man has been working to bring down the cartel, but he is thinking of quitting. >>translation: the top leaders will fall. others will take their place. >> the government is concerned thousands of armed men could take the place. the self-defence group say they won't put their guns away until the head of the knights templar, and his deputies are brought down. it's these rugged mountains where the last leader standing of the knights templar has been holed up, trying to avoid the push to bring him to justice, dead or alive. >> the answer to how gomez could evade justice is becoming clear. this man is being investigated over holding allegedly private meetings with goma and other leaders. it points to high-level production, providing a protective cloak. many hope for an end to the standoff between the cartel and the authorities. this farmhand worked at a ranch, a

. >> adam raney has his story. >> esteban tiznado is afraid to stand still.e's aware of kidnapping gangs and corrupt police. he says he had to pay them $10 to leave them alone. he wanders the streets of nogales, with no friends, family and little money. he's overwhelmed. at the age of 40 he's forced to start over again. >> real depressed, stressing. depressed. i'm in this position. >> this is the sixth time esteban tiznado has been deported. he's a u.s. citizen, and in 2008 he convinced a federal criminal court that he had a right to be in the united states. but an immigration judge said he hasn't proved he's a citizen, and with a criminal record, including domestic violence, deporting him was a priority. >> he is one of 2 million people deported under president obama. >> teresa leal champions the rights of migrants saying the u.s. government has a clear strategy for people like esteban tiznado. >> making it so hard that the suffering gets you to bow down and break, and say i can't do it any more. >> it may be working. >> esteban tiznado is questioning whethe

met esteban tiznado, he was in prison in arizona, and on saturday he was deported to mexico much adam raney met up with him in nogales, mexico, along the u.s. border. >> esteban tiznado is afraid to stand still. back in mexico he is wary of kidnapping gangs and corrupt police. >> they were going to take me to gaol. >> he said he had to pay them $10 to leave him alone. he wanders the streets of nogales with no friends, family and no money. he's overwhommed. at the age of 40, he's forced to start over. >> depressed. stressing. i'm in this position, that's why. >> this is the sixth time esteban tiznado has been deported. he says he's a u.s. citizen. in 2008 he convinced a federal criminal court that he had a right to be in the united states. but an immigration judge said he hasn't proved he's a citizen, and with a criminal record, including domestic violence, drug possession and burglary, deporting him was a priority. esteban tiznado is one of 2 million people deported under obama. >> those that champion the rights of migrants said the u.s. government had a clear strategy. >> to make it so har

adam raney has the story of several men fighting to stay on u.s.oil. >> this man is caught in an endless cycle. he is deported, crosses back and lands in gaol. he insists he's a u.s. citizen. >> when i put... >> once smugglers broke his hand. another time he was kidnapped, escaping with the help of a stranger. >> "get out of here, if they get you they'll kill you. they'll be looking for you.". >> the u.s. government couldn't prove he's not a citizen, he can't convince them he is. >> this is his father's arizona birth certificate, usually enough proof. in a statement the government avoided saying whether he was a citizen, only saying a judge ordered him to be deported to mexico, because of criminal history, including drug possession and burg larry. >> we go to steph jp's mother's house. this is the place stefan lived all but three of his 40 years, the only place he considers home. >> at 83, this woman has little time left with her son. >> translation: i'm worried about him. that he's out there alone, whether he's eating, what he's eating, where he's