“The country is suffering very much from violence,” said William Stubbs, a pecan and alfalfa farmer who serves on a community security committee in the American-dominated hamlet of Colonia LeBaron. ..…

Monday's attack, in Mexican state of Sonora, targeted LeBarón family, members of Mormon community of Mexican and American citizens. ..…

COLONIA LEBARON, Mexico (AP) — When drug cartel gunmen opened fire on American women and children in northern Mexico, the Mexican Army, the National Guard and Sonora state police were not there to protect them. ... 'The country is suffering very much from violence,' said William Stubbs, a..…

LeBaron and his family, who are American nationals, belong to a Mormon offshoot based in northern Mexico. LeBaron had previously experienced tragedy at the hands of the cartel in 2009 when his nephew, 16-year-old Eric LeBaron, was kidnapped. ..…

President Trump made clear that United States condemns these senseless acts of violence that took the lives of nine American citizens and offered Mexico assistance to ensure the perpetrators face justice, said Hogan Gidley. ... Devastated members of LeBaron took to media to call for..…

TV grab from video published by Lebaron's family on media showing vehicle that was carrying three women and six children from American Mormon near Rancho de Mora, in the boundaries of Sonora and Chihuahua states, Mexico, on November 4, 2019. .. ..…

President Donald Trump on Tuesday offered to help Mexico wage war on its cartels after three women and six children from American Mormon community were murdered in area notorious for drug traffickers.. Gunmen ambushed the members of LeBaron family - clan of Mormons who emigrated to..…

Aaron Staddon shows photo of his Mormon relatives in Mexican- American LeBaron family - Rhonita Miller, holding Titus Alvin Miller, 8 months, and Tiana Gricel Miller, 8 months - all three of. ... LeBaron community are descendants of Mormons who fled United States in the late..…

TV grab from video published by Lebaron's family on media showing vehicle that was carrying three women and six children from American Mormon near Rancho de Mora, Mexico, on November 4, 2019 Photo Lebaron's family HO.. ..…

In my 2018 book on American- and Canadian-based enclaves Mexico, I researched Latter-Day Saints and LeBaron Mormons of Chihuahua state, near U.S border. ..…

All nine people, Mexican- Americans killed Monday's daytime attack at the border of Chihuahua and Sonora, belonged to LeBaron family, members of Mormon community that settled Mexico's hills and plains decades ago.. ..…