this is sounding more like a coordinated attack, there were three separate locations, three separate cars, all of these individuals shot in cold blood. no indication from the state department as to why, but releasing a statement saying that they rescue two individuals who are bound and gagged not far yesterday from the ambush site. a man in custody of possibly connected to the incident. and a stolen u.s. car and three power rifles. south of the arizona border, killing nine u.s. citizens living in the mormon committee. three mothers, three suvs, 14 children, when they came under fire. despite one mother according to surviving children waving at the oncoming attackers as an innocent, not a rival cartel, all belonging to the sector that broke off from the mormon torch years ago. including a month old twins as
abort or not abort and the operators on the ground are making that decision. let s continue to assess the situation. as a commander, i m saying he s 25 minutes out, he s 20 minutes out so we have to make a decision. what are we going to do? lucky for us because there is luck involved in niece these operations, all of those criteria moved out of the zone and he crossed and the zone was clear. there is a final confirmation that says kristic is in that vehicle. there it goes. get ready. that ambush site is just down the road maybe 30 seconds away. kristic s vehicle is moving at a high rate of speed as it makes the turn into the zone, the car hits the trigger line which is our key to trigger the capture devices to stop the car. and we had special kit that we had devised to slow the vehicle down without snapping everyone s neck in the vehicle. what was it?
well, that is the question. in early november, a team of military and fbi investigators went to niger and went to the village where the team had been and went to the ambush site. they were interviewing local villagers and others about what they saw and what might have happened. we are told when they went to the site where sergeant la david johnson s body was recovered, they were able to recover additional remains. we are told that these remains are essentially bone fragments and they were able through armed forces medical examiners to identify them as belonging to la david johnson. very difficult business. the big question is, will these bone fragments shed additional light on how he died and what might have happened to his body in that 48 hour period between the ambush and when his body was
but u.s. military investigators and fbi agents over the weekend went back to this village in niger. they talked to local people there. they looked at the ambush site. and they re basically investigating at this point all of the reports they re getting. sergeant la david johnson, as you will recall, is the young soldier whose body was not found for 48 hours after three other soldiers were killed in this ambush and one of the ongoing very sensitive questions is what happened to him? why couldn t they find his body? where was he during that 48-hour period? he was eventually found dead in a brush-covered area. they don t know if he was even there the whole time. they re looking at reports. villagers, friendly villagers may have taken the body and then turned it back over to nigerien forces. so all of these things part of the investigation. but also very critically part of the investigation is how the ambush actually happened. because the soldiers were told
johnson was found with his hands bound. barbara starr at the pentagon with the very latest developments. barbara? john, as this investigation moves on, u.s. military and fbi investigators over the weekend were, indeed, in the village of tongo tongo where the ambush happened. they are collecting evidence. they re conducting interviews and going to the villages and even to the ambush site. what we are told is they are now investigating those reports that it is possible sergeant ladavid johnson was found with his hands tied. that s what some villagers appeared to be reporting. but the u.s. is trying to confirm that. they re also trying to confirm, again, local reports that it is possible villagers at some point had the body and then turned it over to nigerien troops. all of these are reports swirling around the area. the investigators go in there and try to figure out exactly what did happen. it s not just the ambush. of course what they re also