Gunmen killed nine women and children in the bloodiest attack on Americans in Mexico for years, prompting U.S. President Donald Trump to offer to help the neighbouring country wipe out drug cartels believed to be behind the ambush. In a text message to Reuters he wrote that four boys, two girls and three women were killed. All of the dead were U.S. citizens, he told Reuters, and most also held dual citizenship with Mexico. Northwestern Mexico has been home to small Mormon and Mormon-linked communities of U.S. origin since the late 19th century. The early Mormon settlers in Mexico fled the threat of arrest in the United States for practicing polygamy.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 06, 2019 00:45 UTC