it just breaks my heart. >> all of mcallen was shaken. like this had ever happened here. >> it was just so horrible to know that this beautiful, beautiful, nice person was found dead, murdered. [ bells toll ] >> since irene's car was still at the church, that's where investigators focused, and on the last man believed to see her alive, father john feit, the visiting priest. in a sworn statement, feit said he had taken a phone call from irene, wanting to speak to one of the priests about an important matter. but instead of taking irene's confession in the church, father feit had her go next door to the rectory. and after the visit, irene went missing. >> so, immediately my dad and others were wondering, you know, what had happened, and what did this guy know. >> traumatized, irene's family retreated into their home, surrounded by their closest relatives. >> i remember being in the house and the lady sitting on the bed just crying her heart out. >> as painful as the memories are, cousin noemi wanted us to see the family home today to better

-mexican border two hours north of mcallen. >> we've had along the border, shootings. 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 was the sheriff in zapata, texas, and oversaw the investigation of the hartley incident. he has retired since our interview. >> i remember when i started as a deputy sheriff back in the 1970s, where this was used for drug trafficking. human trafficking. being used like that forever. >> reporter: and lately, even before the hartleys' trip to falcon lake, gonzalez says a new threat has emerged. pirates. >> totally inaccurate. definition of piracy a lot different than what i know it to be. had one robbery on the lake totally. >> reporter: robert speedy colette who owns a fishing lodge here admits he's been stopped by drug cartel members but he also bristles at news reports of piracy and danger. these reports have decimated his business on the lake, which he insists is safe, as long as you know the rules. >> it happened

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para que tenga una idea paso la navidad en mcallen en un centro conocido como"la hielera"de ahí fueron perrera" pero no término alli...en dilley,tx al ir a corte le arrebataron las esperanzas de salir a la libre comunidad y disfrutar lo que tanto vino a buscar a este pais, libertad. me da la noticia de que el dr. de dilley le había dicho que la enfermedad de mi hija no era suficiente para que me dieran la salida de allí y que además mi ha no se estaba muriendo para que la sacaron del centro de detención take vo: escuche bien. su fianza fue de 5 mil dólares dinero que nunca ha tenido por lo que la frustración despertó en su mente el peor de los pensamientos, quitarse la vida. mayde martínez me puse mal me encerá en un mundo donde perdí la cabeza pues trate de tomar un champú y dije yo con ese champú me voy a morir y se ve a acabar todo acabar todo para mi ya no voy a seguir sufriendo yo aquí pero no pensé que tenía una hija en el momento cuando cometí la locura. dice que el sufrimiento no sólo lo ha vivido ella su hija de tan solo 4 años de edad, está sufriendo también. cuando se encont

i was down at sacred heart in mcallen -- i mean it's a truly inspirational and amazing operation that they have going there. it really should be used as a last resort. and when we have workable alternatives to detention, it can be used as a last resort. when it can't be used as a last resort and there are flight risks and individual who's are dangerous for the community then let's make sure that these individuals are placed in the appropriate facilities. to that i would really encourage you to encourage the government to ensure that the detention standards are applied to all facilities, all jails that are being used to hold noncitizens. >> well, thank you. that concludes our panel and our program. i just want to thank all the panelists that appeared today for your really informative presentations. it will be really helpful to us in our report. i also want to thank and echo statements made earlier, thanking our commission staff for all of their efforts that they put in to organizing today's briefing. it was not easy. it was done quickly and well so we thank you for that. just to remind