... that they been warned by criminal groups to “stay off” the road between at night, a command they had complied with. The attack happened Monday morning.
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NEW: Attack in n. Mexico leaves 3 women and 6 children dead. All were part of the LeBarón family, Mexican-American citizens who have lived for decades in a fundamentalist comm'y near the border. We spoke at length w. members of the family, who told us ...https://nyti.ms/2WTFjcg
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The women, in three cars, were traveling Monday morning from La Mora, in the state of Sonora, to Colonia LeBarón in the state of Chihuahua, a four-hour drive partly along a dirt road through the mountains, relatives said. They knew the route well.
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At one point, one of the cars broke down, a cousin told us, and the gunmen “opened fire on Rhonita and torched her car.” Rhonita Miller, who was driving, was killed, along with an 11-year-old boy, a 9-year-old girl and her twins.
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Rhonita had just turned 30 a few days ago, her father told me.
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One of the women, Christina Langford, 31, was shot outside her car. She was shot in the chest.
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Poor family paid the ultimate sacrifice for the sake of a pawn in a geopolitical game which many profit from.
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the U.S. is much worse.
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