Tucson, Ariz. • An 18-vehicle caravan carrying about 100 members of Mormon families escaping after a violent attack in Mexico arrived in Arizona on Saturday.
The families came nearly a week after an attack Monday in which nine women and children were killed by what authorities said were people from drug cartels.
On Saturday, families went in and out of a gas station in Douglas near the port of entry as the sun began to set, the Arizona Daily Star reported.
They filled up on gas, put air in their tires and got food before getting back on the road on their way to Tucson and Phoenix.