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Officials arrest suspect over killing of 9 in Mexico

Over slaying of nine US citizens in Mexico, criminal investigators have arrested a suspect in the town of Agua Prieta, right at the border with the American state of Arizona.

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Published : Nov 6, 2019, 9:10 PM IST

Updated : Nov 6, 2019, 11:56 PM IST

Galeana: Criminal investigators in northern Mexico said that a suspect has been arrested and is under investigation for possible connections with the deaths of nine US citizens, three women and six children slaughtered on Monday when cartel gunmen ambushed their vehicles.

In a statement posted on Facebook, the Agency for Criminal Investigation for the state of Sonora said on Tuesday that the suspect was found in the town of Agua Prieta, right at the border with the US state of Arizona, holding two hostages who were gagged and tied inside a vehicle.

Officials arrest suspect over killing of 9 in Mexico

The suspect, whose gender was not specified in the release, was also found in the possession of four assault rifles and ammunition, as well as various large vehicles including a bullet-proofed SUV.

Read also: 14 policemen killed by suspected cartel gunmen in west Mexico

Officials have said that the gunmen may have mistaken the group's large SUVs for those of a rival gang amid a vicious turf war.

Eight children, some mere infants, who survived the ambush in northern Mexico not only escaped the drug cartel gunmen who killed their mothers but managed to hide in the brush, with some walking miles to get help despite grisly bullet wounds.

In a testament to a mother's devotion, one woman reportedly stashed her baby on the floor of her Suburban and got out of the vehicle, waving her arms to show the gunmen she wasn't a threat. She may have moved away from the vehicle to distract their attention; her bullet-ridden body was found about 15 yards away from the SUV.

The mother was one of nine US citizens slaughtered on Monday when gunmen ambushed three SUVs along a road in an attack that left one vehicle a bullet-riddled hulk.

Read also: 9 US citizens die in cartel attack in Mexico

Galeana: Criminal investigators in northern Mexico said that a suspect has been arrested and is under investigation for possible connections with the deaths of nine US citizens, three women and six children slaughtered on Monday when cartel gunmen ambushed their vehicles.

In a statement posted on Facebook, the Agency for Criminal Investigation for the state of Sonora said on Tuesday that the suspect was found in the town of Agua Prieta, right at the border with the US state of Arizona, holding two hostages who were gagged and tied inside a vehicle.

Officials arrest suspect over killing of 9 in Mexico

The suspect, whose gender was not specified in the release, was also found in the possession of four assault rifles and ammunition, as well as various large vehicles including a bullet-proofed SUV.

Read also: 14 policemen killed by suspected cartel gunmen in west Mexico

Officials have said that the gunmen may have mistaken the group's large SUVs for those of a rival gang amid a vicious turf war.

Eight children, some mere infants, who survived the ambush in northern Mexico not only escaped the drug cartel gunmen who killed their mothers but managed to hide in the brush, with some walking miles to get help despite grisly bullet wounds.

In a testament to a mother's devotion, one woman reportedly stashed her baby on the floor of her Suburban and got out of the vehicle, waving her arms to show the gunmen she wasn't a threat. She may have moved away from the vehicle to distract their attention; her bullet-ridden body was found about 15 yards away from the SUV.

The mother was one of nine US citizens slaughtered on Monday when gunmen ambushed three SUVs along a road in an attack that left one vehicle a bullet-riddled hulk.

Read also: 9 US citizens die in cartel attack in Mexico

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