FBI to join Mexico cartel ambush investigation into killings of mothers, children

Article author: 
Stephen Sorace
Article publisher: 
Fox News
Article date: 
11 November 2019
Article category: 
National News
Medium
Article Body: 

The FBI will assist the Mexican government in its investigation into a suspected cartel massacre of nine American women and children near the U.S. border last week as authorities appeared to be struggling to find which group is responsible, the agency told Fox News on Monday ...

The formal invitation comes a week after the brutal massacre of three mothers and six children in northern Mexico’s Sonora state.

The slaughter was carried out in broad daylight on a remote dirt road. The families’ three SUVs were sprayed with bullets. Photos of the grisly scene showed a burnt-out SUV riddled with bullet holes and a blood-stained car seat ...

Shortly after the attack, the Mexican government suggested it may have been a case of mistaken identity and that the families weren’t the target of the attack.

Family members have since disputed those claims, telling Fox News that it appeared to be a “direct attack.” ...


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