Family and friends prepared to bury on Saturday the last victim of a cartel ambush that slaughtered nine American women and children from a community of U.S.-Mexican dual citizens in a corner of northern Mexico where having gangsters in their midst has long been an unavoidable fact of life. Christina
1 / 10Mexico Border KillingsFamily and friends unload the coffins that contain the remains of Rhonita Miller and four of her young children Krystal and Howard, and twins Titus and Tiana, who were murdered by drug cartel gunmen earlier in the week, for a burial service at the cemetery in Colonia Le Baron, Mexico, Friday, Nov. 8, 2019.
The shocking attack has many in the small farming town of La Mora, established in Sonora state by their Mormon ancestors decades ago, wondering whether they should stay or leave to flee the cartel threat. "Nita," as she was affectionately known, was laid to rest in the middle grave with the remains of her 8-month-old twins, Titus and Tiana, in her arms. Twelve-year-old Howard Jr. and 10-year-old Kristal were buried in their own coffins on either side.
What had been a largely peaceful existence in a fertile valley ringed by rugged mountains and desert scrub about 70 miles from the border with Arizona became increasingly dangerous in recent years as the cartels exerted their power and battled each other in a region that is a drug smuggling hotbed. On the other side of the mountains in Chihuahua, Colonia LeBaron has been largely peaceful since the 2009 killing of one of its members who was an anti-crime activist prompted Mexican authorities to establish a security base. But the police presence in La Mora was negligible until the women and children were killed and authorities sent a swarm of soldiers and state and federal police officers to the area.
Joe Darger, of Salt Lake City, said his daughter who lives in Utah but maintains a second home in La Mora won't be spending more time in a place that had been part of her family's life, at least for now.
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