Woman who lost her family in the cartel attacks thanks to Trump: “Hope for the first time”

A woman whose sister, the nieces and the nephews have been shot and burned alive by the Juarez cartel now express themselves in support of the repression of President Donald Trump against the violence of the cartel, saying that she is “very hopeful for the first time for the first time”.

Speaking with Fox News Digital, Adriana Jones, president of American families against the cartel terrorism, told how her sister, Maria “Rhonita” Lebaron, and nieces and nephews, Howie, 12, Krystal, 10 years old, and the 8 -month -old twins Titus and Tiana, had been killed by Mexican members of the South 2019. Arizona.

“Armed men opened fire on their vehicle, killing everyone in it, then lit it on fire when they were slaughtered. So they were burned, probably still alive,” she said. “There were two other vehicles which had led the same route, family members, that two other mothers were murdered with two other children, and there were seven surviving children, all slaughtered, all American citizens, throughout the border.”

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Adriana Jones (right) lost her sister, Maria “Rhonita” Lebaron (on the left), and the nieces and nephews, Howie, 12, Krystal, 10 years old and the twins of 8 months Titus and Tiana, after being killed by members of the Mexican cartel in November 2019. (Adriana Jones and American families against cartel terrorism)

Since then, Jones has said that his family “has been fighting for justice in any way possible”.

Thanks to her advocacy, she said that she discovered that her family’s tragedy is “not a single-off” and that “throughout the border, you see these kinds of things that happen every day”, whether it implies the violence of the cartel, the trafficking in human beings or deadly fetanyl traffic.

“No American family should never suffer from the way my family has suffered,” she said. “I held their bodies. I looked at what the cartels were doing to them. I know how bad they are.”

“American families die every day because of the cartel’s violence,” she added. “America really needs to know what’s going on.”

Until recently, however, Jones said it was like fighting “a brick wall”.

“There was almost no movement,” she said. “No matter how much we have grown, no matter how much we have traveled, no matter how many doors we have struck, and finally, in recent months, you have just seen a lot of movement on this question. People are finally wakeing up, really understanding.”

After Trump’s Ministry of Justice announced that the boss of the Sinaloa cartel and the former boss of Juarez Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada pleaded guilty on Monday for managing a criminal business and a racket, Jones said that she finally felt a glimmer of hope in her struggle for American families on the border.

Jones thanked Trump, the Attorney General Pam Bondi and “the whole Trump administration” for keeping responsible cartels.

“I did not expect to be as moving as I am and to be impacted when I looked at it live. And I will be honest with you, I felt very, very full of hope for the first time for a long time,” she explained.

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“Listening to this press conference and just seeing the work accomplished under this administration, I am honestly so hoping for,” she continued. “I really believe that the cartels can and should be eradicated.”

Tear yourself down, Jones noted: “It was a very, very emotional day for me.”

Although the Trump administration has taken strong criticism of its repression against illegal immigration, Jones said: “I have the impression that the current administration is the first time that we have seen a real movement on this issue.”

“Understand how great it is and how many American lives are affected every day, I really hope for the first time for a long time that we can really make a difference and we can really that these figures are starting to decline and save from American families.”

Despite this, Jones said that there was still a lot to do to end the cartel’s violence against American families. She noted that although the Trump administration has appointed eight cartels and criminal groups as “foreign terrorist organizations”, the cartel who killed his family, the cartel of Juarez and his subgroup known as “La Linea”, have not yet been labeled terrorist groups.

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Balle holes from the cartel’s violence are seen in a sanctuary in the El Aguaje community in Aguililla, State of Michoacan, Mexico. (Getty Images)

“It’s discouraging,” she admitted. “We have in fact a judgment in the American courts against these cartels which called them terrorists in this judgment. So, it seemed to be a very easy step to include them on this list.”

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“They fired on my 12-year-old nephew, they burned eight months old twins. They are terrorists, and they really need to be on this list,” she said, adding: “I will continue to knock on the doors until I get these answers.”

Jones urged other American families victims of cartel violence to join his efforts.

“Each victim has their own story. Each family has their own sorrow. And therefore, using this sorrow to make a difference to help is what we are looking to do,” she said. “The world needs to hear your stories. America needs your stories.”