Two Arizona women were killed when gunmen opened fire on their vehicle in the northern Mexican state of Sonora early Friday, Mexican authorities said.
The victims, aged 72 and 82 and from the town of Caborca in the state of Sonora, were found dead in an overturned and bullet-riddled white Nissan Pathfinder around 10:30 a.m. on the Sonoyta-Caborca highway, the Sonora attorney general’s office said in a press release.
Sonora Attorney General’s Office
Mexican authorities conducted a search and located a vehicle believed to be linked to the suspects, believed to be a stolen Ford F150. It was found abandoned in the town of Quitovac, Sonora. Inside the vehicle, authorities found four firearms, dozens of rounds of ammunition and bulletproof vests, the attorney general’s office said.
Authorities did not immediately provide a motive for the attack, although Sonora has seen several incidents of cartel violence in recent years.
In June 2023, a doctoral student from California was found dead in an SUV in Sonorashot seven times after disappearing while crossing the border to conduct horticultural research.
In March, Sonora prosecutors said seven bodies had been found near the Gulf of California town of Puerto Peñasco. The victims were all men wearing military-style gear and had been shot to death.
