Christ almighty what is going on over there, the Cartels make the Jihadis look like Nuns. Every single one of you Americans should get off your arses and go and build Donalds wall, I cannot grasp the horror of this story.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...say-5-US-citizens-killed-northern-Mexico.html
Three US Mormon mothers and six of their children are EXECUTED by drug cartel gunmen in Mexico on way to a wedding anniversary and their bodies left in burned out SUVs as family fear they were also raped in targeted attack
Seventeen family members from the LeBaron and Langford families were 'ambushed' eight miles apart while heading to celebrate a wedding anniversary in three cars from La Mora - a decades-old settlement founded as part of an offshoot of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
In horrific scenes, gunmen opened fire on one child running away before torching a car as family members burnt to death while trapped inside. Other young children managed to escape and hid by the roadside while a mother was shot in the chest as she put her hands up to surrender.
Relatives fear some of the victims may have been raped.
A relative said a boy concealed his wounded siblings - some less than a year old - in bushes before he ran back to the nearby town to get help after his mother was gunned down.
One of the woman shot dead was Christina Langford, who saved her seven-month-old baby's life by throwing her to the floor of their SUV as bullets tore through the vehicle.
The motive for the attack is not yet clear, although it is possible it was an attempted kidnapping. A family member reported receiving a phone call hearing screams before a killer executed them.
The religious group has had previous run-ins with organized crime cartel in the area, including one member being killed. However one family member they believe it was mistaken identity.
At least three American mothers and six children from a Mormon family were killed in a shooting in the Mexican border state of Sonora on Monday. The LeBaron family are among those dead
Two of LeBaron's other children, Howard Jacob, 12, and Krystal, 10, were also killed. Ruthila E LeBaron posted a photo of her sister and her children, Howard Jacob, 12, and Krystal, 10, were also killed. She said: 'My beautiful sister and her sweet babies'
Rhonita Maria LeBaron (pictured), reportedly died along with her twin 6-month-old babies and two other children in an attack in Mexico Monday
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Rhonita Maria LeBaron was traveling to Phoenix when her car broke down, according to relatives
In last night's massacre, Rhonita Maria LeBaron was traveling to Phoenix when her car broke down, according to relatives.
Gunmen opened fire and torched her vehicle causing the gas tank to explode where she died along with her twin six-month-old babies, Titus and Tiana and two more of her children Krystal, 10, and Howard, 12.
Eight miles ahead, Christina Langford Johnson, 31, Dawna Ray Langford, 43, and two of Dawna's children, Trevor, 11, and Rogan, 3, were also killed in other SUVs. Other family members are still unaccounted for.
Christina's seven-month-old baby Faith was found alive on the floor in the backseat and seven of Dawna's children escaped with bullet holes riddled throughout their bodies, according to relatives.
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One of the mothers is said to have got out her car during the siege and put her hands up to surrender before attackers 'shot her point blank in the chest'.
A video posted by a relative on social media shows the charred remains of the Chevy Suburban. It had been burned following an explosion and was smoldering, with bullet holes visible in the paneling.
Meanwhile worried relatives posted on social media that they feared many had been kidnapped and raped. Trish Cloes wrote: 'These women were possibly brutally raped. Please keep them in your prayers.'
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A convoy of three vehicles had set out Monday from La Mora and were attacked by cartel gunmen in what he said may have been a case of mistaken identity
Aftermath of car explosion where US family was attacked in Mexico
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Christina Langford Johnson was confirmed dead by a family member, while her seven-month-old daughter Faith (pictured) was reportedly found alive on the floor in the back seat of the car
Kenny LeBarón, a cousin of the women driving the vehicles, told the New York Times: 'When you know there are babies tied in a car seat that are burning because of some twisted evil that's in this world. It's just hard to cope with that.'
The government deployed the army to fight drug trafficking in 2006, but experts blame the so-called 'drug war' for the spiraling violence between fragmented cartels and the military, which has lead to more than 250,000 murders.
'It was a massacre,' said Julian Lebaron, a relative and activist who has denounced criminal groups in the area, told Formula Radio.
His brother, Benjamin Lebaron, founder of a crime-fighting group called SOS Chihuahua, was assassinated in 2009.
When asked who might be responsible, Lebaron said the attack took place in a 'war zone', home to drug cartels and 'thugs'.
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Brothers Xander Boe, four, and Cody Grayson, seven, who are the sons of Ms Langford are pictured injured in hospital
Kylie Evelyn, 14, is pictured in hospital with blood soaked jeans as she is comforted by a relative following thew shocking attack
Brixon Oliver, 10 months, feeds from a bottle in hospital alongside siblings
His family 'may have been caught in crossfire or targeted by mistake, we don't know the cause,' he said, but said that the Mormon community had recently been the target of threats.
The community are descendants of Mormons who fled the US in the nineteenth century after being persecuted for their traditions, including polygamy.
One former member is George Romney, father of 2012 Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who was born in 1907 in Colonia Dublan in Chihuahua state, according to an NBC report Monday.
The families lived in La Mora about 70 miles south of Douglas, Arizona, and also lived in North Dakota. Many of the church's members were born in Mexico and thus have dual citizenship.
Relatives posted on social media said that Christina had been killed while saving her seven-month-old daughter Faith.
Relative Jasmin Soulsby wrote: 'Christina Langford was killed, but her baby girl Faith, who they thought was dead, was miraculously found alive on the floor of her suburban.
'She has been there all day alone.'
Family member Keisha Johnson posted a photo on Facebook of her cradling Faith, writing: 'This sweet baby girl was found alive! Her momma saved her life! She is an angel!'
Another relative, Alissa Jones, wrote: 'CHRISTINA'S BABY FAITH WAS FOUND ALIVE!!! The rescuers made it to the vehicle.
'She was found thrown on the floor. She seems to not have any immediate life threatening injuries.'
But Jhon said that seven of his aunt's children had been left abandoned alive by attackers on a roadside. Relatives on social media said at least on of the children walked from the scene to their family home.
'My aunt Dawna's son Devon hid some of his shot and wounded siblings in the bushes and ran all the way back to town for help,' Jhon wrote.
Only two of the family members in the caravan were left unharmed.
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The burned out car in which Rhonita Maria LeBaron reportedly died along with her twin 6-month-old babies and two other children
The Chihuahua state attorney general, Cesar Augusto Peniche, said the number of victims remains 'confused'.
Lafe Langford Jr, a relative of the vicitms, said medics from the Mexican state of Senora reportedly rushed to help, but doctors would prefer to fly them to the US.
'We can't get a helicopter or any airplanes or airlifts,' he told the Salt Lake Tribune, 'and it's going to be at least a six-hour journey to El Paso or Tucson.'
Relative Trish Cloes posted on facebook a heartfelt tribute to her family who were killed. She wrote: 'My beautiful niece.. I'm heartbroken I'm so so sorry you became a victim of the evil in this world. You will always be my angel girl. Hold your babies tight. Love you Dawna, Rogan and Trevor eternally #familieswillbetogetherforever'
'The evil might of had a plan on this earth but God has a greater plan for our family.'
Family member Ruthila E LeBaron posted a photo of her sister and her children, Howard Jacob, 12, and Krystal, 10, were also killed. She said: 'My beautiful sister and her sweet babies'.
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Missing: Family members have taken to Facebook to get the word out about their dead and missing relatives
Meanwhile Lafe LeBaron described the horrifying scene as his relatives were shot dead or scrambled to sfaety from the attackers.
He wrote on Facebook: 'It is with heavy hearts and unspeakable sadness we inform you that the 2 missing Mothers Christina Langford and Dawna Langford along with many of their precious INNOCENT children have been slaughtered and gone to their Rest.
'We've had no help from the powers and authorities that be as of yet ....one of the older boys escaped with six of his siblings and he was able to run home to La Mora Municipio Bavispe Sonora Mexico after leaving his wounded, bleeding, and bullet ridden brothers and sisters hiding behind trees from the ongoing shootout between the cartels.
'Teenagers and adults have been scrambling into the mountains to find our loved ones risking their very own lives.... while help is nowhere to be found.'
Rhonita Miller and her 4 children were shot up and burned to death in this vehicle and at this very moment there are TWO more suburbans with 2 of our families totaling 2 wives and 10 children that are missing and/or kidnapped by the cartel..... We need help immediately!!...'
Authorities in Sonora state and the U.S. Embassy did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The federal Department of Security and Citizens' Protection said security forces were reinforced with National Guard, army and state police troops in the area following 'the reports about disappearance and aggression against several people.'
It would not be the first time that members of the break-away church had been attacked in northern Mexico, where their forebears settled - often in Chihuahua state - decades ago.
The colony was founded by Alma Dayer LeBaron who moved to Mexico as a breakaway from the Mormon church in 1924 after being excommunicated from the church for practicing polygamy.
When Alma died in 1951, he passed the leadership of the community on to his son Joel LeBaron, whose younger brother Ervil LeBaron, was his second in command.
When the brother's split, Ervil had Joel killed and in 1974, was tried and convicted in Mexico for Joel's murder.
In 2009, Benjamin LeBaron, an anti-crime activist who was related to those killed in Monday's attack, was murdered in 2009 in neighboring Chihuahua state.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...say-5-US-citizens-killed-northern-Mexico.html
Three US Mormon mothers and six of their children are EXECUTED by drug cartel gunmen in Mexico on way to a wedding anniversary and their bodies left in burned out SUVs as family fear they were also raped in targeted attack
- At least nine U.S. citizens, including six children, who live in the Mexican border state of Sonora were killed in a shooting attack Monday
- Rhonita Maria LeBaron, reportedly died along with her twin 6-month-old babies and her two other children aged 10 and 12
- Also killed were Christina Langford Johnson, Dawna Langford and two of Dawna's children
- Seventeen family members from the LeBarons and Langford families - who are related - were traveling in a caravan of three cars to a wedding
- According to relatives, drug cartel gunman opened fire and torched vehicles as victims burned to death
- One child tried to run away but was gunned down while others escaped and hid on the nearby roadside
- A boy hid his wounded siblings in the bushes and ran to the nearby town to get help after his mother was shot
Seventeen family members from the LeBaron and Langford families were 'ambushed' eight miles apart while heading to celebrate a wedding anniversary in three cars from La Mora - a decades-old settlement founded as part of an offshoot of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
In horrific scenes, gunmen opened fire on one child running away before torching a car as family members burnt to death while trapped inside. Other young children managed to escape and hid by the roadside while a mother was shot in the chest as she put her hands up to surrender.
Relatives fear some of the victims may have been raped.
A relative said a boy concealed his wounded siblings - some less than a year old - in bushes before he ran back to the nearby town to get help after his mother was gunned down.
One of the woman shot dead was Christina Langford, who saved her seven-month-old baby's life by throwing her to the floor of their SUV as bullets tore through the vehicle.
The motive for the attack is not yet clear, although it is possible it was an attempted kidnapping. A family member reported receiving a phone call hearing screams before a killer executed them.
The religious group has had previous run-ins with organized crime cartel in the area, including one member being killed. However one family member they believe it was mistaken identity.
At least three American mothers and six children from a Mormon family were killed in a shooting in the Mexican border state of Sonora on Monday. The LeBaron family are among those dead
Two of LeBaron's other children, Howard Jacob, 12, and Krystal, 10, were also killed. Ruthila E LeBaron posted a photo of her sister and her children, Howard Jacob, 12, and Krystal, 10, were also killed. She said: 'My beautiful sister and her sweet babies'
Rhonita Maria LeBaron (pictured), reportedly died along with her twin 6-month-old babies and two other children in an attack in Mexico Monday
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Rhonita Maria LeBaron was traveling to Phoenix when her car broke down, according to relatives
In last night's massacre, Rhonita Maria LeBaron was traveling to Phoenix when her car broke down, according to relatives.
Gunmen opened fire and torched her vehicle causing the gas tank to explode where she died along with her twin six-month-old babies, Titus and Tiana and two more of her children Krystal, 10, and Howard, 12.
Eight miles ahead, Christina Langford Johnson, 31, Dawna Ray Langford, 43, and two of Dawna's children, Trevor, 11, and Rogan, 3, were also killed in other SUVs. Other family members are still unaccounted for.
Christina's seven-month-old baby Faith was found alive on the floor in the backseat and seven of Dawna's children escaped with bullet holes riddled throughout their bodies, according to relatives.
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One of the mothers is said to have got out her car during the siege and put her hands up to surrender before attackers 'shot her point blank in the chest'.
A video posted by a relative on social media shows the charred remains of the Chevy Suburban. It had been burned following an explosion and was smoldering, with bullet holes visible in the paneling.
Meanwhile worried relatives posted on social media that they feared many had been kidnapped and raped. Trish Cloes wrote: 'These women were possibly brutally raped. Please keep them in your prayers.'
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A convoy of three vehicles had set out Monday from La Mora and were attacked by cartel gunmen in what he said may have been a case of mistaken identity
Aftermath of car explosion where US family was attacked in Mexico
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Christina Langford Johnson was confirmed dead by a family member, while her seven-month-old daughter Faith (pictured) was reportedly found alive on the floor in the back seat of the car
Kenny LeBarón, a cousin of the women driving the vehicles, told the New York Times: 'When you know there are babies tied in a car seat that are burning because of some twisted evil that's in this world. It's just hard to cope with that.'
The government deployed the army to fight drug trafficking in 2006, but experts blame the so-called 'drug war' for the spiraling violence between fragmented cartels and the military, which has lead to more than 250,000 murders.
'It was a massacre,' said Julian Lebaron, a relative and activist who has denounced criminal groups in the area, told Formula Radio.
His brother, Benjamin Lebaron, founder of a crime-fighting group called SOS Chihuahua, was assassinated in 2009.
When asked who might be responsible, Lebaron said the attack took place in a 'war zone', home to drug cartels and 'thugs'.
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Brothers Xander Boe, four, and Cody Grayson, seven, who are the sons of Ms Langford are pictured injured in hospital
Kylie Evelyn, 14, is pictured in hospital with blood soaked jeans as she is comforted by a relative following thew shocking attack
Brixon Oliver, 10 months, feeds from a bottle in hospital alongside siblings
His family 'may have been caught in crossfire or targeted by mistake, we don't know the cause,' he said, but said that the Mormon community had recently been the target of threats.
The community are descendants of Mormons who fled the US in the nineteenth century after being persecuted for their traditions, including polygamy.
One former member is George Romney, father of 2012 Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who was born in 1907 in Colonia Dublan in Chihuahua state, according to an NBC report Monday.
The families lived in La Mora about 70 miles south of Douglas, Arizona, and also lived in North Dakota. Many of the church's members were born in Mexico and thus have dual citizenship.
Relatives posted on social media said that Christina had been killed while saving her seven-month-old daughter Faith.
Relative Jasmin Soulsby wrote: 'Christina Langford was killed, but her baby girl Faith, who they thought was dead, was miraculously found alive on the floor of her suburban.
'She has been there all day alone.'
Family member Keisha Johnson posted a photo on Facebook of her cradling Faith, writing: 'This sweet baby girl was found alive! Her momma saved her life! She is an angel!'
Another relative, Alissa Jones, wrote: 'CHRISTINA'S BABY FAITH WAS FOUND ALIVE!!! The rescuers made it to the vehicle.
'She was found thrown on the floor. She seems to not have any immediate life threatening injuries.'
But Jhon said that seven of his aunt's children had been left abandoned alive by attackers on a roadside. Relatives on social media said at least on of the children walked from the scene to their family home.
'My aunt Dawna's son Devon hid some of his shot and wounded siblings in the bushes and ran all the way back to town for help,' Jhon wrote.
Only two of the family members in the caravan were left unharmed.
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The burned out car in which Rhonita Maria LeBaron reportedly died along with her twin 6-month-old babies and two other children
The Chihuahua state attorney general, Cesar Augusto Peniche, said the number of victims remains 'confused'.
Lafe Langford Jr, a relative of the vicitms, said medics from the Mexican state of Senora reportedly rushed to help, but doctors would prefer to fly them to the US.
'We can't get a helicopter or any airplanes or airlifts,' he told the Salt Lake Tribune, 'and it's going to be at least a six-hour journey to El Paso or Tucson.'
Relative Trish Cloes posted on facebook a heartfelt tribute to her family who were killed. She wrote: 'My beautiful niece.. I'm heartbroken I'm so so sorry you became a victim of the evil in this world. You will always be my angel girl. Hold your babies tight. Love you Dawna, Rogan and Trevor eternally #familieswillbetogetherforever'
'The evil might of had a plan on this earth but God has a greater plan for our family.'
Family member Ruthila E LeBaron posted a photo of her sister and her children, Howard Jacob, 12, and Krystal, 10, were also killed. She said: 'My beautiful sister and her sweet babies'.
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Missing: Family members have taken to Facebook to get the word out about their dead and missing relatives
Meanwhile Lafe LeBaron described the horrifying scene as his relatives were shot dead or scrambled to sfaety from the attackers.
He wrote on Facebook: 'It is with heavy hearts and unspeakable sadness we inform you that the 2 missing Mothers Christina Langford and Dawna Langford along with many of their precious INNOCENT children have been slaughtered and gone to their Rest.
'We've had no help from the powers and authorities that be as of yet ....one of the older boys escaped with six of his siblings and he was able to run home to La Mora Municipio Bavispe Sonora Mexico after leaving his wounded, bleeding, and bullet ridden brothers and sisters hiding behind trees from the ongoing shootout between the cartels.
'Teenagers and adults have been scrambling into the mountains to find our loved ones risking their very own lives.... while help is nowhere to be found.'
Rhonita Miller and her 4 children were shot up and burned to death in this vehicle and at this very moment there are TWO more suburbans with 2 of our families totaling 2 wives and 10 children that are missing and/or kidnapped by the cartel..... We need help immediately!!...'
Authorities in Sonora state and the U.S. Embassy did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The federal Department of Security and Citizens' Protection said security forces were reinforced with National Guard, army and state police troops in the area following 'the reports about disappearance and aggression against several people.'
It would not be the first time that members of the break-away church had been attacked in northern Mexico, where their forebears settled - often in Chihuahua state - decades ago.
The colony was founded by Alma Dayer LeBaron who moved to Mexico as a breakaway from the Mormon church in 1924 after being excommunicated from the church for practicing polygamy.
When Alma died in 1951, he passed the leadership of the community on to his son Joel LeBaron, whose younger brother Ervil LeBaron, was his second in command.
When the brother's split, Ervil had Joel killed and in 1974, was tried and convicted in Mexico for Joel's murder.
In 2009, Benjamin LeBaron, an anti-crime activist who was related to those killed in Monday's attack, was murdered in 2009 in neighboring Chihuahua state.
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