Three women and six children died after drug cartel gunmen ambushed their three vehicles in a mountainous area of Sonora, Mexico, authorities said.
Rafael Carranza, Anne Ryman and Daniel GonzalezLA MORA, Mexico — Funeral services were held Thursday for two of the women and six of the children ambushed and killed by cartel members in a remote mountainous region in Sonora.
Bryce Langford, the second oldest of her children, said he felt helpless when he heard about the ambush. He was in North Dakota at the time, more than 1,500 miles away. Even before hearing any news on whether his family was OK, he got in his truck and began driving, praying to God to protect the family.Teen walks 14 miles to seek help:“God didn’t answer my prayers that day. He took my mother and my two little brothers,” he said.“And I will always be grateful to God for that,” he added.
Crystal Langford, 17, the fourth oldest of the 13 siblings, described the guilt she felt because her mother initially did not want her to move from La Mora to Utah. If she had stayed, she could have been there for her brothers and sisters following Monday's attack, he said. Following the Langford service, attendees followed a procession to the community’s burial plot, located on the northern edge of La Mora. Three trucks carried each casket and hundreds of people followed.
Miller’s father, Adrian LeBaron, said that despite the tragic circumstances surrounding their sudden deaths, the families of all three women should seek strength. As Miller traveled with her children on Monday, gunmen shot at them and caused their vehicle to explode with their bodies still inside. The family had four caskets at the funeral service, but they lamented that all they have left to bury are their incinerated remains.
All three families belonged to a fundamentalist offshoot of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and had dual U.S. and Mexican citizenship.
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