A Chicago teenager is in a coma and three of his family members are dead after the group was shot at while vacationing in Mexico last week, according to the U.S. State Department and local reports.
Without naming the victims, a U.S. State Department spokesperson confirmed to USA TODAY Thursday that two U.S. citizens were killed and a minor was injured in the north-central Mexican state of Durango.
The 14-year-old has been identified as Jason Peña, according to nonprofit organizer Julie Contreras, who is working closely with his family.
On Friday, the teen was in Durango with his father, 38-year-old Vicente Peña Jr., his uncle, 44-year-old Antonio “Tony” Fernandez and another family member who lives in Mexico, 22-year-old Jorge Eduardo Vargas Aguirre. All three men died in the shooting, according to local media.
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