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Murders Renew Focus on Border Security in West Texas

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Gap in the border wall, Fort Hancock, Texas-El Porvenir, Chihuahua (Lorne Matalon).

A month ago, two murders took place in El Porvenir, Mexico across the Rio Grande from from Fort Hancock, Texas. The killings have renewed the focus on border security in this part of far west Texas, in Hudspeth County. Lorne Matalon reports.