[34], On 5 November, Mexican authorities announced the arrest of a suspect in relation to the massacre, but reported the next day that the suspect was not involved. They have a monopoly on security, and they get paid a wage for protection, and later we find out that they participate in the murder of women and children. Friends of the LeBaron, Miller and Langford families participate in the memorial ceremony Wednesday at a community center in Galeana, Mexico. No grave photo. Dawna Ray Langford, 43, and her sons Trevor, 3, and Rogan, 2, were killed. One message stated one of the cars was on fire with bullets all throughout it, and that there were people hiding in the bushes. Burn it! The vehicles of the LeBaron and Langford families came under heavy gunfire and were torched during the attack, with security experts saying evidence suggested at the time that the massacre … US protests, Inauguration Day: Lonely picture shows Donald T... Donald Trump letter: Note left for Joe Biden before inaugura... Coronavirus NSW, Vic, Qld live: Queensland restrictions to e... Joe Biden executive orders: Rejoining Paris Agreement, trigg... Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. Quémalo' in Spanish. "[40][41], A man identified as "Alfredo 'L'" and a "likely participant in the events that occurred on November 4, 2019," was detained in Ciudad Juárez on November 4, 2020 and subsequently arrested on homicide charges by Mexican authorities. The vehicle reportedly had broken down due to a flat tire, and was caused to explode by the amount of bullets fired into the vehicle. Eight young children survived by hiding. [21] Following the murders, Mexican Foreign Affairs Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said Mexico invited participation by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, his saying, "Why did we take that initiative? [45], The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints issued a statement expressing its "love, prayers, and sympathies" but also noting its understanding that the victims were not members of the church. Seventeen members of the LeBaron and Langford families were travelling in three cars when gunmen sprayed their vehicles with bullets. "[35], On 19 November Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said, referencing Mexico's history of systemic corruption, "We're not protecting anyone." Picture: Herika Martinez/AFPSource:AFP, Relatives sobbed at the scene.Picture: Herika Martinez/AFPSource:AFP, Rhonita LeBaron died with her twins and two other children.Source:Supplied, Family console each other. The LeBaron family has a dark past in Mexico, including a cult-like murder spree. [47], On January 12, 2020, Mexico's president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and Sonora Governor, Claudia Pavlovich Arellano, visited LaMora. A relative of Ms LeBaron, who did not want his name used for fear of retaliation, said in an interview that when they finally made it to the scene where the ambush started they found her burnt-out Chevy Tahoe. Addressing the investigation, Obrador said, "There is information already, but I can't provide that," although offering to meet with the victims' families to provide them additional information. U.S. President Donald Trump offered Mexico military support to assist with defeating the drug cartels. [3][20] The first vehicle reportedly left carrying Rhonita Miller and her four children close to 10 AM in the morning. [1] Among the hundreds of dual-national and bilingual residents within the sibling communities of rancho La Mora and Colonia Le Barón and other settlements, are independent fundamentalist Mormons, members of the Church of the Firstborn, and members of the mainstream Latter-day Saints. RELATED: Boy walks 22kms to get help after witnessing family’s murder, Family visit the murder site. Kendra Miller, a relative, wrote that the baby’s car seat “seemed to be put on the floor by her mother to try and protect her. The massacre came a decade after two members of the LeBarón family who confronted local drug cartels were kidnapped and murdered. The cartel has since been identified by Mexican military as La Linea (The Line), a drug cartel based in Chihuahua. (photo by Luis Torres/Special to Border Report) “We already let go of the dead. Three women and six children were killed in the massacre. "[29], Nine people were killed; three women and six children, all of whom held dual US–Mexican citizenship. More from the Daily Mail: . Burn it! Nationwide News Pty Limited Copyright © 2021. They're bleeding, they're shot. Christina Marie Langford Johnson 23 Nov 1989 – 4 Nov 2019. [42], Three suspects, including the supposed mastermind Roberto N (alias "The Mute" and "The 32"), believed to be members of La Línea drug cartel, were arrested on November 25, 2020.[43]. Prior in the day the area of the massacre had also been the scene of a shootout between rival cartel gangs. Dawna Ray Langford had been traveling with her nine children when she was shot and killed. Those killed in the daytime attack, which left their vehicle bullet-riddled and charred on a dirt road, were Mexican-American Mormons who belonged to the LeBaron family. The victims' religious affiliation is not related to that of another Mormon group, the amorphous Church of the Firstborn, headquartered Colonia Le Barón, Chihuahua, yet they have intermarriage ties with the latter. Seven of Ms Langford's children were present at the massacre but survived, as did Ms Langford-Johnson's seven-month-old daughter. Nine members of a Mormon family - three mums and six children - were killed in a massacre in Mexico when they were attacked by suspected drug cartel gunmen. My siblings, my brothers and sisters are dying. [16] Transpiring immediately preceding the massacre was a shootout between Los Salazar and rival drug-route enforcers La Línea, said to have been formed originally by municipal peace officers from Ciudad Juárez, who are dominant in Chihuahua and were an outgrowth of the Juárez Cartel, and which has been warring with Sinaloa over control of the smuggling routes toward San Diego. Family members have since visited the burnt out car, sobbing near the vehicle. "Mexico isn't the principal human rights violator now, like it was before. Picture: Herika Martinez/AFPSource:AFP. The victims, dual US-Mexican citizens, all had links to the prominent LeBaron and Langford families in several small Mormon farming communities that … Three mums — Christina Langford Johnson, Dawna Ray Langford and Rhonita LeBaron — were shot to death by a Mexican cartel on Monday afternoon local time. Dawna Langford and her son Trevor were shot dead.Source:Facebook, Foam floor puzzle pieces inside the bullet-riddled car. Another family member said all nine victims were dual US-Mexican citizens. [21] Relatives stated that the girl had taken the wrong road and was tracked by her footprints, when she was found she told them, "We have to go back. [45] The offer was declined by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, but said that he would speak with Trump over security cooperation between the two nations. He states that there can be no mistaken identity as the surviving children claimed that one of the female victims had attempted to identify herself to stop the attack. The five wounded children were flown to an Arizona hospital and three uninjured children were placed in the care of other family members. At the end, [...]the jefe guy says, 'Burn it! Police said the mums — — had been driving the three SUVs on a remote and unpaved mountain road about 1pm on Monday local time when they were attacked. “After witnessing his mother and brothers being shot dead, Devin hid his six other siblings in the bushes and covered them with branches to keep them safe while he went for help,” a relative said. The families of nine women and children killed in an ambush in Mexico have filed a lawsuit against the Juárez drug cartel that accuses it of the massacre last year. [46], A member of the extended family, Julian LeBarón, whose brother Benjamin was killed by cartel gunmen in 2009, claims that the attack was targeted. Police have arrested three people in connection with the depraved massacre, a source told Milenio Televisión earlier today - while US super cops in the FBI have also offered to help Mexican authorities. "[37], In December 2019, the Mexican federal government consolidated what had been Sonoran and federal cases into exclusively federal prosecutions,[38] with several suspects being arrested on 1 December 2019 with regard to the crimes[39] and director of public safety in Janos, Chihuahua Fidel Alejandro Villegas Villegas's arrest by the Mexican Attorney General’s Office on December 24 for Villegas's allegedly providing protection for criminal activities by such as La Linea as for colluding in the massacre. [25][26][27][28] Prior to leaving, he covered his six surviving siblings in branches after hiding them in bushes. Cementerio de La Mora. [48][49] Julián LeBarón said LaMora community members would be among those participating in a march sponsored by the advocacy group Defensa por la Vida y la Paz or Defense for Life & Peace slated for January 23–25 from Cuernavaca, Morelos, to Mexico's National Palace in Mexico City, with the intention, according to one of its organizers, the poet Javier Sicilia, of their reception by President López Obrador. Some practice plural marriage and others believe in the principle but don’t currently practice it, though they all trace their history to it.”, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "The Church of the Firstborn of the 'Fulness' of Times (The LeBarons)", "US victims in Mexico attack from Mormon offshoot community web", "9 members of American family, including babies, killed in Mexico", "Mormons were attacked near the US-Mexico border. Would you be willing to work with me to make sure the the … [5][6][7], All the victims were from rancho La Mora, Sonora, containing 30 to 40 homes on about a thousand acres, and with a full-time population of about 150 people. Among the hundreds of dual-national and bilingual residents within the sibling communities of rancho La Mora and C… Rhonita LeBaron and her family were murdered around 18km away from the two other families after she fell behind, forced to change a flat tyre. A cousin of the victims, Julian LeBarón, told the New York Times, "It's common knowledge down here that the police work with the criminals. The lawsuit by relatives of the well-known LeBaron family of Chihuahua says they were targeted for their activism and publicly speaking out against the cartel and corruption in Mexico. And they should have confidence. Six of their children, including infant twins, were also brutally murdered. Seventeen members of the LeBaron and Langford families were travelling in three cars when gunmen sprayed their vehicles with bullets. Picture: Christian Chavez/APSource:AP, Members of the Lebaron family look at the burned car where part of the nine murdered members of the family were killed and burned during an ambush in Bavispe, Sonora mountains, Mexico, on November 5, 2019. In last night’s massacre, Rhonita Maria LeBaron was traveling to Phoenix when her car broke down, according to relatives. This is the time for Mexico, with the help of the United States, to wage WAR on the drug cartels and wipe them off the face of the earth. Inside, they saw the charred remains of Ms LeBaron, 30, her 10-year-old daughter, a son, 12, and her eight-month-old twins. A NOTE ABOUT RELEVANT ADVERTISING: We collect information about the content (including ads) you use across this site and use it to make both advertising and content more relevant to you on our network and other sites. [32] The funerals were attended by hundreds of individuals, with some traveling reportedly as far as North Dakota to attend. [6][13], Reportedly the La Mora community had achieved a type of understanding with the area's currently dominant outlaw band, Los Salazar, del Cártel de Sinaloa, who allegedly have enjoyed some history of influence with Mexico's federal government and are renowned for their overlordship by its narco-mafiosi célèbre El Chapo, who is imprisoned in the US. Three mums — Christina Langford Johnson, Dawna Ray Langford and Rhonita LeBaron — were shot to death by a Mexican cartel on Monday afternoon local time. Picture: Christian Chavez/APSource:AP, One of the SUVs full of bullet holes. Heartbroken relatives have been forced to grab onto a bullet-riddled car after visiting their family’s murder site. [33], Mexican officials announced at a news conference that the believed reason for the attack was that the family was believed to be a cartel convoy of vehicles. Galeana, Galeana Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico Dawna Ray Langford 19 Jun 1976 – 4 Nov 2019. [31] The deceased were buried in La Mora and Colonia LeBarón with funerals beginning on November 7. The La Mora community in Sonora, where members of the LeBaron as well as the Miller and Langford families live, is still in mourning. Devin Blake Langford, 13, is being hailed a hero after he managed to help his siblings before walking 22km back to La Mora to get help. It was founded by Alma Dayer LeBaron in 1944, according to Ruth Wariner, an author who fled the colony in the 1980s, when she was just 15 years old. "What I can say to them, and to all Mexicans, is that we're working on the investigation. About two-dozen FBI agents' arrived in La Mora, an FBI statement's describing the agency's aim as working "alongside our international partners to help bring justice to the perpetrators of this heinous act of violence. Picture: Christian Chavez/APSource:AP. A member of the Lebaron family, Julian LeBaron, described the attack as a "massacre", saying some of those targeted were burnt alive. A group of male relatives set out to try to rescue the youngsters but turned back when they heard gunfire ahead. The gunmen had riddled the vehicle with dozens of bullets and apparently hit the gas tank, causing it to explode. 9 memorials. 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