The frustration that many felt was typified by Janie Esparza, one of the first passengers to get back on land.

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Ren controlled the early stages of the fight, but Esparza edged the third round and entered the final two-minute round trailing by just two points.

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Jaime Esparza, the El Paso district attorney, said that he had not seen an increase in violence and nor had his colleagues in other Texan border cities.

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But as Dr Esparza points out, even failure, at this early stage, would be progress of a sort, as well as a valuable lesson for future efforts.

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The 31-year-old starred in the British TV medical drama "Monroe, " and in 2011 performed on Broadway in the revival of Tom Stoppard's "Arcadia" alongside Billy Crudup and Raul Esparza.

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"I thought I got away with it and won because I was only down by two going into the final round and was finding my range, " said Esparza, from Houston.

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Earlier Wednesday, Marlen Esparza earned a bronze medal in the 51-kilo flyweight category but narrowly failed to reach the gold-medal fight after a 10-8 semifinal loss to China's Ren Cancan, the world No. 1 and top seed.

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