Mexican State of ChihuahuaAmbushed by a Drug War -- Washington Post
Mormon Clans in Mexico Find Themselves Targets of the Cartels.
COLONIA LEBARON, Mexico -- Mormon pioneer Alma Dayer LeBaron had a vision when he moved his breakaway sect of polygamists to this valley 60 years ago: His many children would live in peace and prosperity among the pretty pecan orchards they would plant in the desert.
Prosperity has come, but the peace has been shattered.
In the past three months, American Mormon communities in Mexico have been sucked into a dust devil of violence sweeping the borderlands. Their relative wealth has made them targets: Their telephones ring with threats of extortion. Their children and elders are taken by kidnappers. They have been drawn into the government's war with the drug cartels.
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My Comment: In the 1980s I enjoyed going to Mexico every winter for two weeks. I was there last in 2004 .... I am not going back. In 20 years I have the misfortune of seeing crime and poverty (with drugs in the background) devastate what was once a vibrant nation.
This war has been brewing a long time .... and actions to stop it should have been implemented 10 to 20 years ago. It was not for a whole host of reasons .... but it is being applied now with the devastation and fear that it causes.