Heading down towards Presidio, on the border with Mexico is route 170. This road parallels the Rio Grande. The mountains in Mexico can be seen in the distance. At a town called Redford, I met Eveleena, the daughter of a long time ranching family. She's rebuilding the family's ranch home and planting trees.


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On May 20, 1997, Marine snipers, allegedly thinking he was a 'drug smugler', killed 18 year old shepherd boy, Ezekiel Hernandez, in what has become a bitter episode in border tensions. The un-tried killing still has residents deeply upset. Current plans to erect a border fence along portions of the Rio Grande is opposed by many people living in Texas along the effected communities.

Ezekiel's gravesite, in Redford Texas, looking towards the mountains of Mexico

Ruins of the wheat mill on Eveleena's ranch in Redford Texas

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