BAVISPE, MX. (THECOUNT) — María Rohnita Miller, Dawna Ray Langford and Christina Marie Langford, have been identified as the three women killed along with their six children, in a horror ambush by cartel members near Bavispe, Mexico on Monday.
The three victims, all with ties to Utah, were slaughtered Monday along with six children, identified as, Krystal Bellaine, 10, Howard Jacob, 12, and twins Titus Alvin Miller and Tiana Gricel Miller, who were just six months old.
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The third woman who died, Christina Marie Langford, had one baby with her: Faith Marie Johnson. Relatives say the baby was found alive after she was thrown on the ground.
Others in the wedding party were said to be kidnapped by cartel members following the horror ambush on their SUV which was struck with so many bullets, it exploded.
The women and their kids are all dual Mexican and U.S. citizens and were traveling back to the U.S, when family members say they were ambushed by cartels near Bavispe, in Sonora, Mexico.
The ambush occurred near Bavispe, in Sonora, about 100 miles south of Mexico’s border with Arizona.
The children who survived were in the process of being brought to the U.S. border for medical treatment.
A family member, living in Utah said the victims had previous interactions with cartels, but the women and children were clearly not the intended targets here, reports WGXA.
“It’s a whole new level of cartel violence we’ve never even imagined down there,” the grieving family member said.
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Geo quick facts: Bavispe is a small town and a municipality in the northeast part of the Mexican state of Sonora. Sonora, officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora, is one of 31 states that, with Mexico City, comprise the 32 federal entities of United Mexican States. It is divided into 72 municipalities; the capital city is Hermosillo – Wikipedia.