1991. Geraldo Rivera’s Now It Can Be Told correspondent Gail Anderson takes a trip to El Paso Texas, investigating a new threat to the citizens there: the deadly invasion of AIDs.
In the beginning of this clip, we see the situation at the U.S. Mexico border. A man ferries people across the Rio Grande in a rubber raft, price negotiable, with the atmosphere almost pleasant. Many coming across the border are transvestite prostitutes, a major portion of whom are carrying AIDs. They come for economic advantage — money.
Later in the segment we speak with a 14 year El Paso police veteran, Sergeant David Norman. How apparent is the fact that these hookers are not what they seem, and is there violence when the truth is found out? At this time El Paso police figures believe that a majority of the transvestites are infected with AIDs. The department sometimes calls in border patrol to remove the illegal aliens, only to see them back in the U.S. a week or two later.
The U.S. border between El Paso Texas and Ciudad Juarez Mexico remains a hot topic, receiving a lot more attention in 2025 than it did in 1991.