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(CNN) - Nine family members, all with dual US-Mexican citizenship, were killed Monday, according to Mexican Minister of Security Alfonso Durazo. Six women and three children are among the dead, Durazo said at a press conference on Tuesday. Durazo said the attack could have been a case of mistaken identity of "groups in conflict in the area."
Durazo detailed how the attack went, minute by minute:
Between 9:30 am and 1:00 pm local time:
The LeBaron family (composed of approximately three women and 14 children) travels from Galeana, Chihuahua, to Babispe
MIRA: Chihuahua: the latest on the LeBarón family massacre
1pm
The family was “ambushed” by an “armed group”
13:18 pm
Julián LeBarón requested the support of the National Guard for this armed attack against his relatives in Babispe, Sonora
17:00 pm
Elements of the Agua Prieta military garrison moved to the area, but also elements of the Zaragoza National Guard, Janos and Moctezuma moved to the scene and also to Bapispe.
18:00 pm
Julián LeBarón and local residents went to the scene of the attack in search of survivors
18:30 pm
The secretary of National Defense began patrolling in the limits of Chihuahua and Sonora
7:20 pm
The attorney general of the State of Chihuahua sent forces from the State Investigation Agency and the State Security Commission to Janos, Chihuahua.
20:30 pm
Chihuahua, Chihuahua Security and Sonora officials set up a search operation
21:05 pm
The National Guard and the secretary of National Defense confirmed the death of two women and two minors, as well as the finding of seven people alive.
00:05 (Tuesday)
The secretary of National Defense confirms nine deaths, three women and six minors
Chihuahua
