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the soldier, michael apodaca, is stationed at fort bliss in texas. authorities say the 18-year-old and two other men allegedly killed a fellow cartel member in may after he was exposed as a government informant. all three subjects face capital murder charges. this is not the first time a u.s. citizen has been accused of being an assassin for mexican drug lords. with the promise of money and power, young people on this side of the border are recruited into a world of violence. ed lavandera has tonight's "crime and punishment" report. >> reporter: look at the elaborately tattooed eyes, the cold eyes. the faces of admitted murderers, young americans killing for mexican drug cartels. but it took many murders in laredo, texas to track down gabriel cardona and rosario reta. one of the first victims was moises garcia, gunned down while he helped his pregnant wife and 3-year-old boy into their car. then the bodies began to pile up. seven murders in a year-long stretch but when investigators found fingerprints on a cigarette box in the shooter's getaway car,

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if you went down to fort bliss what you would see us doing is continuing to design and test some of the latest uavs. we already had the raven at the soldier level, company level. it is in limited test. we expect to make that a part of the first spinout. we'll also work at continue to develop and enhance our sky warrior generation of larger unmanned vehicles. that is a program that essentially we share with the air force in which we're bringing capabilities that provide near real-time surveillance on the broad basis to theater commanders at the brigade and above level. >> let me ask you. we've talked about this. but obviously secretary gates, vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general cartwright have targeted systems that are exquisite. as somebody that is professional acquisition in shaping the programs, sometimes the exquisite made the military the best military in the world. what is the balance point to make sure you're not going too far? but for military life or death application. >> you hit the critical issue. as we weigh the capability, what we need is confidence in the st

. >> what's the formula for a marriage of duration and at least periods of bliss? >> i think the biggest thing you can do is respect the other person. second biggest thing is you need to learn how to let things slide. don't think that everything is said in a derogatory manner, that is offensive. you got to learn when to engage and not to engage. learn what fights to pick and what fights not to pick. most fights, you don't need to fight about them. in the grand scheme of life it does not mean anything. who is going to what on any given weekend, night or weekday. things that matter are the eth acall issues, religious values. those are things that are important. character. you stick with those and there is a solid base for those, then your marriage should last. >> words to live by. >> i hope so. >> pamela paul said she does not expect to film any books in the divorce season. >> i think divorce and books about pornography are big sellers during the holiday season. especially divorce. that is the time we are sitting around the tree with the family and after we are done

private michael apodaca stationed at fort bliss in texas.. does it surprise you? >> not in the least. if you look at the business, it is a dirty business and the informant that was killed was clearly an operator for the juarez cartel. and then the group put together carry out the assassination on u.s. soil, there's information that that individual was also an inform apt with the u.s. authorities so this kind of twist and turn in this business is not unusual but the fact that it's taking place in el paso on u.s. soil should be a wake-up call for all of us here in the united states. >> i would certainly think so. fred, to what extent have these cartels begun to either infiltrate or recruit from u.s. military and law enforcement? >> we have seen reports of this in the past, john, specifically with the national guard with cartel recruitment of individuals. look. there's so much money to be made in this business that the informant length is very broad within the public service sector, within all facets of society when you start loobking at some o

joseph campbell you say follow your bliss. if you follow your bliss you will find yourself on a track that has been waiting for you and a life that you should be living is the light you are living. i think we all have to experiment with their lives from time to time and take risks. the british historian art collins would put it best. he said come a perfect freedom is reserved for the man who lives by his own work and that work does what it wants to do. if you work a job and pursue a career or you can choose a vocation but in over consumptive lifestyle limits those choices. >> kian consumption i'm going to move to an entirely different subject, which is eating. a few years ago i was in france and i bumped into one of my colleagues, a filmmaker and writer. he was telling me that he had an employee in his office to a just come back from his first trip from the united states. dias me, what was the biggest, what was your biggest surprise in america? he turned to me and said i can't believe you eagen your cars. [laughter] we got a b