A United States judge has ordered a Mexican Drug Cartel to pay over $4 Billion over 2019 Mormon family desert slayings.
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In 2019, a three-vehicle caravan that included three women, a 2-year-old, 8-month-old twins, and three other children were ambushed by a Mexican drug cartel. Of the caravan, 7 children survived the attack with 5 being shot and forced to brave the desert heat to find help while the others burned alive after the caravan was set ablaze. Since then, the families have accused the cartel of targeting them for their public criticism of the drug trade. In 2020, the families filed a suit against the cartel for the desert attack.
U.S. Judge orders Mexican Drug Cartel to pay $4.6 billion to mormon families over 2019 desert attack
According to The Bismarck Tribune, North Dakota federal magistrate Judge Clare Hochalter issued an enormous settlement against the Juarez cartel, who allegedly killed the members of the Mormon community roughly 90 miles south of the U.S. border in November of 2019. Thanks to the federal Anti-Terrorism Act, Hochalter’s $1.5 billion ruling will be automatically tripled, bringing the total to $4.5 billion.
The reason for the trial that led to the verdict was to establish wrongful death and pain-and-suffering damages for victims and their families. Some victims witnessed their family members’ murders, while other family members went to the scene after and found their loved ones deceased.
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