An attack that killed three mothers and six children reverberated from Mexico to Utah to Washington, D.C., on Tuesday with mourning, vows to find the killers and political implications in both countries.
Video posted online by family early Tuesday showed what was described as a helicopter flying five children to Douglas, Ariz., from La Mora, Mexico, for medical treatment. Lafe Langford Jr., a relative of some of the victims, said three children in Monday’s attack suffered gunshot injuries.
“A wonderful family and friends from Utah got caught between two vicious drug cartels,” Trump tweeted, “who were shooting at each other, with the result being many great American people killed, including young children, and some missing.