Two children who were taken from their home in Kings County have been found safe after their mother was killed earlier this week.

Deputies said he was tracked through cellphone across the Mexican-American border and was talked into surrendering Thursday morning.

The search for the two children who were taken by their father following a homicide in Central California has ended — with the girls found safe, deputies said in an update Thursday. An Amber Alert was issued Wednesday for Alana and Arya Maldonado after they were abducted in Hanford following the killing of their mother by their father,