Relatives from the United States and Mexico will begin burying the nine women and children slaughtered near the Sonora-Chihuahua border this week.
LA MORA, Mexico — Relatives from the United States and Mexico will begin the grim task on Thursday of burying the nine women and children slaughtered in an ambush in a mountainous area near the Sonora-Chihuahua border where rival cartels are fighting a vicious turf war.
Rhonita Maria Miller, 30, will be buried in a second funeral at 2 p.m., along with four of her children who were killed: 8-month-old twins, Titus Alvin Miller and Tiana Gricel Miller; and Krystal Bellaine Miller, 10; and Howard Jacob Miller Jr., 12.All three families belonged to a fundamentalist offshoot of the LDS church, and had dual U.S. and Mexican citizenship.
Story continuesLangford blames the Mexican government for failing to rein in cartel violence, which since 2006 has claimed the lives of an estimated 250,000 people. After dark, the family convoy reached a relay point. Soldiers from Agua Prieta dropped away from the group and a new set of military escorts, already set up and waiting, replaced them in the caravan. A waxing moon and red taillights were the only glow on the landscape.
In a statement posted on Facebook, the Agency for Criminal Investigation said the attorney general for Sonora Claudia Indira Contreras Córdova met with some of the victims' relatives to reiterate her solidarity and promise them justice. The charred remains of Rhonita Maria Miller, 30, and four of her children were found inside a bullet-ridden Tahoe that exploded in flames during the attack.
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