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FORT HANCOCK — The threat to Johnny Schuller came Jan. 25, two days after a border incursion — allegedly involving the Mexican army — put this remote farming town on center stage in the international drug war. "There were three individuals driving a car with Mexican plates. They pulled up to my residence way out in the country," recalled the Hudspeth County deputy, 61, who stands 6 feet 4 inches and weighs 260 pounds. "My wife was out walking. The driver called her by name. He told her in broken English to tell me to stay off the river," said...