Congressional hearing talks insecurity on border

CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN
Associated Press
September 19, 2011

A Colorado woman who says her husband was shot and killed by drug cartel gunmen while they were boating on a U.S.-Mexico border lake last year said Monday that she’s still waiting for the attackers to be brought to justice.

During a congressional field hearing on border security launched by Republican Rep. Ted Poe, Tiffany Hartley recounted how she and her husband, David Hartley, had visited a church on the Mexican side of Falcon Lake and how gunman began shooting at them from a boat, hitting her husband in the head.

“It’s only by the grace of God that I’m here today,” Hartley said.

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This article was posted: Monday, September 19, 2011 at 1:10 pm

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