an american father who lost his wife and two young sons in an ambush in mexico last week spoke out for the first time in an exclusive interview with abc news over the weekend sharing his heartbreak and the difficult decision hes just made to pull his family out of that country so now its my whole life has turned upside down not only have i lost a wife and two children but im having to move the rest of my family with really no place to go at this point david langford said in a tearful interview airing on world news tonight sunday i believe in forgiveness but i also believe in justice and forgiveness doesnt rob justice you dont get justice too much in mexico langfords 13yearold son devin was hailed as a hero in the wake of the horrific nov 4 attack in northern mexico that claimed the lives of nine women and children including his 43yearold wife dawna langford and his two boys trevor langford 11 and rogan langford 2 david langford and devin langford speak with abc news abc news the family was ambushed by an armed group while traveling from the town of bavispe in sonora state to galeana in chihuahua state between 930 am and 1 pm local time according to mexican authorities the family members were us citizens but lived in a mormon community called la mora in the mexican border state of sonora more horrific details emerge in killing of 9 us citizens including 6 children in ambush in mexico the area where the attack took place less than 100 miles from the arizona border is of territorial dispute by several cartels and its possible the familys convoy of cars was mistaken for one of them authorities said exclusive david langford who lost his wife and two sons in the mexico ambush tells tomllamasabc in an abc news exclusive about his 13yearold son devin who survived and walked miles to find help hes really a hero more tonight pictwittercomwkcduy2tnt world news tonight abcworldnews november 10 2019 devin who was unharmed in the ambush walked about 14 miles to la mora to seek help after hiding his injured siblings in the bushes and covering them with branches devin said the suspects had long guns and wore vests he offered details about the harrowing experience in an exclusive interview airing on good morning america monday morning every one of my children that survived that are living miracles langford said how many bullet holes were fired into that vehicle at that horrific scene and how many children were involved its amazing its amazing its beyond amazing that they survived langford said theres no doubt in his mind that devin is a hero david langford and devin langford speak with abc news abc news to be honest with you my boys a hero simply because he gave his life for his brothers and sisters he said one of the familys