Family says suspects in Mexico ambush held in US

Relatives of nine US dual-national women and children killed in northern Mexico in November on Thursday said US authorities told them they have two suspects under detention in the United States.

Bryan LeBaron said US officials told the family that two suspects had been detained in the United States, but did not specify what role they had played in the November 4 ambush attack.

Earlier this week, prosecutors said more than 40 suspects have now been identified in connection with the killings of the extended Langford and LeBaron families who have lived in northern Mexico for decades.

They consider themselves Mormon but are not affiliated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

Many have dual US-Mexican citizenship.

Julian LeBaron, who lost relatives and friends in the ambush, charged Mexican institutions were failing victims and their families, saying "the judiciary does not give us justice, the legislature does not give us the solutions we need."