Three children have been killed by a group of armed men who were looking for the father of two of the girls, a spokesman for the Chihuahua state prosecutor's office has said

The father was involved in drug sales, and the group of armed men came to the house to kill him. That was the motive for the attack. All three minors died. There were no survivors. One of the girls was 12-years-old and the other two were teenagers. Juarez is one of the deadliest cities in Mexico. It is a territory contested by the Juarez and Sinaloa drug cartels.