| Submit your comments on this article |
| Caribbean-Latin America |
| Man Arrested in Mexico Killings No Longer Suspect |
| 2019-11-08 |
| [NBC] A man arrested Tuesday in the Mexican border city of Agua Prieta with a cache of weapons was not involved in the killings of nine U.S. citizens, Mexican officials say, as pressure mounted on the government to make an arrest. Alfonso Durazo, a public security official, said Wednesday that preliminary information indicates that the suspect detained Tuesday is not linked to the attack, The Associated Press reported. NBC News was not immediately able to independently verify the AP report. Earlier, criminal investigators in Mexico had said the suspect — who was found with multiple assault weapons on him and two hostages in his captivity — may have participated in Monday's brutal highway ambush, which killed three women and six children, including two infants. The attack happened on a highway in the northern Mexican border state of Sonora as several families were traveling in a convoy of large SUVs that investigators believe drug cartels may have mistaken for those of rival gangs. Relatives of the victims described a harrowing scene, with bullets flying at mothers and their children and a car bursting into flames when its gas tank was apparently shot. Eight children ranging from 7 months old to early teens survived; five are currently hospitalized in Phoenix, including some with serious injuries. On Thursday, the first funerals were held for some of the victims. Mourners earlier in the week arrived in the municipality of Bavispe, where the funerals are being held, in dozens of SUV-style vehicles and pickup trucks escorted by the Mexican National Guard, Reuters reported. "We came prepared to sleep on the floor, in tents. Whatever is needed to support the families who died in this terrorist act," Alex LeBaron, a former congressman and cousin of one of the women, Rhonita Miller, said, adding that mourners had come from across the United States and Mexico, according to Reuters. Miller is set to be buried on Friday, Reuters reported. On Thursday, funerals were held for Dawna Ray Langford, 43, and her children, Trevor Harvey Langford, 11, and Rogan Jay Langford, 2. Mexico's president has invited U.S. authorities to aid in the investigation into who is responsible for the victims' deaths, and President Donald Trump has said in tweets that the United States is "ready, willing and able" to help Mexico "in cleaning out these monsters." The victims of the attack lived in Mexico and all belonged to a Mormon offshoot group. Some family members have disputed Mexican authorities' account of the killings being a case of mistaken identity, arguing that cartel members know everyone in the area and would be unlikely to make such an error. |
| Posted by:Lex |
| #7 ^ Follow the law as laid down by Mexico's real government. |
| Posted by: Lex 2019-11-08 16:27 |
| #6 You have to go to the local palacio de justicia and purchase a license; you need proper photo ID and proof of gang membership papers, plus money for federal and local license fees. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2019-11-08 16:20 |
| #5 how did he have hostages then? Those, and the armored vehicle, are apparently just normal things an average Agua Prieta guy has Chris. Local customs and all that. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2019-11-08 15:16 |
| #4 |
| Posted by: Eohippus Glusorong3318 2019-11-08 09:35 |
| #3 how did he have hostages then? |
| Posted by: chris 2019-11-08 08:48 |
| #2 Alfonso Durazo, a public security official, said Wednesday that preliminary information indicates that the suspect detained Tuesday is not linked to the attack But that won't keep the former suspect from suffering a tragic death within the next few days. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2019-11-08 06:43 |
| #1 Mexico = failed state. In reality, AMLO has no authority. No reason to defer to Mexican sovereignty, which is now a fiction. The narcs rule. |
| Posted by: Lex 2019-11-08 04:04 |