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Brian

Jul 13, 2009, 5:43 AM

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Border Reporter's take on the Mormon situation

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The other thread has evolved into self defense issues in the interior of Mexico so I thought it appropriate to start a new thread. This writer has an uncanny ability to connect the dots. I agree with this assessment:

"The message I’m getting is loud and clear: Mexicans caught up in violence, kidnapping and murder probably deserved it. It’s the same rationalization we hear every day: the cartel violence only affects those who are involved, wealthy and powerful Anglos with dual citizenship cannot possibly be involved."

The full article is here: http://borderreporter.com/?p=2253

(This post was edited by Rolly on Jul 13, 2009, 8:47 AM)

richmx2

Jul 13, 2009, 10:20 PM

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Arming the LeBaron group sounds like "special rights" for gringos (or semi-gringos) to me, and hardly a solution to what may be a more serious problem. Does this even involve drugs? As I've said before, water rights and land use -- or simple greed -- are likely to cause community friction too.

And, one thing not well publicized is that this group has been involved in extreme violence on both sides of the border before. Ervil LeBaron led a gang of killers on a rampage through Mexico and the U.s. that killed a number of people. I've heard from LeBaron colony defenders that Ervil was schitzophrenic, which may be true... but then his followers weren't. And, to call these people Mormons apparently offends some members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. As one scholar (and a believer in that faith) put it to me, "calling the LeBaron group 'Mormons' is like calling Santa Muerte 'Roman Catholics'."

I'm not prepared to say the LeBaron group got sideways of drug dealers, or were involved in drug dealing, but I'm not about to say "poor pitiful folks -- give 'em guns" either.

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bournemouth

Jul 14, 2009, 6:51 AM

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For a brief explanation of the LeBarons and Colonia Le Baron in Chihuahua, Wikipedia has information:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ervil_LeBaron