A man who is linked to the 2019 massacre of nine American citizens in northern Mexico has been arrested in New Mexico.
Ivan Hernández, 24, was apprehended in New Mexico for unlawfully crossing the United States-Mexico border, the U.S. Marshals said in a statement.
The U.S. Marshals received a report regarding Hernández’s whereabouts and then alerted Homeland Security Investigation (HSI), which took him into custody.
‘This arrest represents our relentless and unwavering dedication, along with our partners, in tracking down and apprehending violent foreign fugitives,’ said Sonya K. Chavez, US Marshal for the District of New Mexico. ‘Don’t come to the State of New Mexico and attempt to hide, we will find you and ensure justice is served.’
DailyMail.com reached out to the U.S. Marshals for comments.
It’s unknown for how long Hernández was in the United States before he was arrested.
Hernández is awaiting a court date for his illegal border entry charge at a federal court in Albuquerque. His extradition to Mexico is also pending.
Pictured: The three mothers and six young children who were savagely murdered by Mexican drug cartel gunmen on November 4, 2019
Members of the LeBarón family inspect a vehicle that was burned by La Línea, a gang linked to the Juaréz Cartel, on November 5, 2019, in Sonora, Mexico. The gunmen ambushed three vehicles and killed three mothers and six children with dual Mexico-United States citizenship. The victims were part of an extended community of Mormons in Mexico not affiliated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Hernández is wanted by Mexican authorities for his role in the roadside ambush in Sonora, Mexico on November 4, 2019.
Adrián LeBarón, whose daughter Rhonita Miller, 30, and four grandchildren were murdered, lamented that a person as young as Hernández would have gotten involved with illegal activities.
‘They arrested another person involved in the massacre of my family, it is Iván Gustavo Hdz, ‘El Paquiao,’ it was on Monday in Albuquerque, New Mexico in the US,’ LeBarón wrote on X, the social media platform formerly known as twitter. ‘He is 24 years old, ahead of him he had hundreds of options, but something is so broken in our country that young people become cannon fodder.’
The attack led to the deaths of nine American Mormons – Dawna Ray, 43, and her two sons, Trevor, 11, and Rogan, 3; Miller, 30, and her children, eight-month-old twins Tiana and Titus, Howard Jr., 12, and Krystal, 10; and Christina Langford, 29.
Hernández and other cartel gunmen intercepted a fleet of three SUVs in the Sonora town of Bavispe, opening fired and torching the vehicles.
Rhonita Miller (back, left) is one nine American Mormons who were ambushed and murdered November 4, 2019, in Bavispe, Mexico, by members of La Línea, the enforcement unit of the Juárez Cartel. Pictured with Miller are eight-month old twins Titus (held by Rhonita) and Tiana Miller (held by her husband Howard); Howard Jr. and Krystal (standing in front of Rhonita), all whom died in the attack. Pictured in the front from left to right are Zack, Amaryllis Miller, and Miller, who were not present the day of the attack. Rhonita’s husband, Howard, also was not present
A baby car seat stained in blood is pictured in a bullet-riddled vehicle belonging to one of the Mexican-American Mormon families massacred by members of La Línea, a gang linked to the Juaréz Cartel
Members of the LeBarón family look over the burned car, where part of the nine murdered members of the family were killed and burned by alleged members of a gang tied to the Juaréz Cartel in Bavispe, Sonora, on November 9, 2019
Langford is said to have gotten out of her vehicle to confront the cartel henchmen and was shot dead. Her seven-month-old Faith survived.
Dawna Ray and two of her nine children were shot dead when her vehicle was stopped near Langford’s Johnson’s vehicle.
Miller and her children were intercepted about 10 miles down the road. They were shot dead and then had their vehicle set on fire while they were still inside.
Ray’s seven surviving children, including five who were shot, and Langford’s daughter managed to escape and were rescued.
The horrifying attack prompted then-President Donald Trump to offer military support to Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in an effort to track down the killers.
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