{"id":62541,"date":"2019-11-05T11:14:38","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T11:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=62541"},"modified":"2019-11-05T11:14:38","modified_gmt":"2019-11-05T11:14:38","slug":"eight-us-citizens-including-kids-gunned-drug-cartel-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=62541","title":{"rendered":"Eight US citizens, including kids, gunned down by drug cartel in Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"

At least eight US citizens with ties to Utah \u2014 including two mothers and five children \u2014 were reportedly shot dead by drug cartels in northern Mexico on Monday.<\/p>\n

The victims, who hold dual US-Mexico citizenships, were allegedly caught in crossfire of two cartels<\/a> in the Mexican border state of Sonora \u2014 near where they worship with Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, according to the Salt Lake Tribune.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is with heavy hearts and unspeakable sadness we inform you that the 2 missing Mothers\u2026 along with many of their precious INNOCENT children have been slaughtered and gone to their Rest,\u201d a relative, Lafe Langford Jr., wrote Monday on Facebook.<\/p>\n

The shooting victims included Maria Rhonita Miller, her four children, along with two other women and one of their daughters, the Tribune said.<\/p>\n

Family members said that 12 more people were missing.<\/p>\n

The remains of Miller and her children were found inside the family\u2019s burned out, bullet-ridden Chevy Suburban.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need this to be shared and the whole world to witness the atrocious inhumane and barbaric acts that were committed against us today,\u201d Langford Jr. wrote along with a video of the vehicle.<\/p>\n

Dawna Ray Langford, 43, and Christina Marie Langford, 31, also perished in the violence, the Tribune said.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unclear where they were found.<\/p>\n

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