Two Arizona women found dead after attack in Mexico, police said

The women, identified as 72-year-old Enedina N. and 82-year-old Ubaldina N., were found dead in their vehicle, a white Nissan Pathfinder, riddled with bullets and overturned on the Sonoyta-Caborca ​​​​highway, according to a press release from the Sonora Attorney General's Office.

The Arizona residents were on their way to their hometown of Caborca, more than 100 miles southwest of the U.S.-Mexico border, when they were attacked by armed assailants, according to police.

Several authorities, including the Sonora National Guard, searched for the attackers and discovered, among other evidence, a discarded vehicle believed to belong to the “alleged perpetrators” in the city of Quitovac, more than 96 kilometers northwest of Caborca.