Six workers who died in what authorities suspect was exposure to gas at a dairy farm include a 50-year-old father and two sons, an incident that left rural Colorado communities in mourning.

Weld County Chief Deputy Coroner Jolene Weiner on Friday confirmed the identities of the deceased — all Hispanic males, including four members of an extended family.

Alejandro Espinoza Cruz, of Nunn, died along with his 17-year-old son Oscar Espinoza Leos — a high school student — and a second son, 29-year-old Carlos Espinoza Prado of Evans.

The Espinozas are related by marriage to another 36-year-old victim from Greeley — Jorge Sanchez Pena, Weiner said.

Organizers with a support network for food workers told the Denver Post that the four relatives repaired machinery at various dairies in and near

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