US woman, 22, gunned down by ultra-violent Mexican CJNG cartel after they ‘mistook her dad's truck for rival vehicle'
A YOUNG American woman was shot dead in cold blood by Mexican cartels who mistook her dad's car for a rival gang vehicle.
Isabel Ashanti Gomez was returning home with her father Valentin in his Ford F-150 truck when a heavily armed gang started firing at them.
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