Mexican authorities say they have arrested a key player in a grisly November 2019 massacre in Sonora, Arizona’s neighbor to the south.
After a weekend hearing, the man — identified only as Roberto by the Attorney General’s Office — is facing murder charges for the massacre of three mothers and six children from the Sonoran community of La Mora.
Authorities say he was likely an "intellectual author" of the atrocity.
“I appreciate what the prosecutor has done,” said Adrian LeBarón, whose daughter and four grandchildren were killed in the attack, recounting comments he shared at the hearing. “I appreciate their work, because at least we’ve gotten to this point.”
But he also said he’ll be keeping a close eye as the case proceeds.
