Today, Julián LeBarón told EL UNIVERSAL that the Mormon community didn't receive help from state authorities from Chihuahua and Sonora and explained that it was the LeBarón family, with the support of the Federal Police and the Army, who arrived at the crime scene where they found a baby alive inside one of the cars. Moreover, the weapons and firearms used to massacre the three Mormon women and six children were produced in the U.S. by Remington. and the others were attacked at 11:00 a.m. Mendoza explained that the Mexican-American families weren't traveling in a convoy and that according to testimonies, the first truck was attacked at 9:40 a.m. Secretaría de Seguridad y Protección Ciudadana November 6, 2019 La investigación está en curso, hay instancias responsables de llevar las indagatorias y habrá colaboración total de todas las intancias del gobierno federal para llevar a los responsables ante la justicia. General Homero Mendoza explained that one of the lines of investigation is that La Línea deployed a criminal group to the limits between Sonora and Chihuahua, to fight Los Sálazar, a criminal group that is part of the Pacific Ocean cartel. Today, during President López Obrador's news conference, it was revealed that a cartel named La Línea, part of the Juaréz cartel, could be behind the murder of the Mormon family. Julián LeBarón then became one of the most prominent members of this Mormon community after his brother Benjamín LeBarón was murdered and after joining the peace movement in Mexico.ĭrug cartels war puts Mexico in violence blacklist The criminals said the reason behind the murders were the communities' activism against violence and insecurity. Two months later, Benjamín LeBarón and Luis Widmar Stubss were kidnapped and killed by a criminal group. After the family refused to pay the USD $1 million ransom and decided to protests against widespread violence and crime until Erick was freed. They are part of a fundamentalist Mormon branch founded by Alma Dayer LeBarón in 1942.īack in 2009, Erick LeBarón, a 17-year-old boy was kidnapped in Mexico. The LeBarón community inhabits Chihuahua, mainly in the Galeana, Ascensión, and Nuevo Casas Grandes municipalities. Le agradecí su disposición de apoyarnos y le informé que las instituciones del Gobierno de México actúan para hacer justicia. “The security of our co-nationals is our great priority,” he said on Twitter.Ī través del presidente Trump, envié mi más profundo pésame a los familiares y amigos de quienes fueron asesinados en los límites de Chihuahua y Sonora. Ambassador to Mexico Christopher Landau said he was following the incident closely. In Mexico, the Mormon community has suffered widespread kidnappings. In 2010, two members of the Chihuahua Mormon community, including one from the LeBarón family, were killed in apparent revenge after security forces tracked drug cartel members. “My cousin was murdered with her children in the truck,” Alex LeBarón said, adding he believed nine people died. Later, Julián LeBarón said that several children fled the attack but were lost in the countryside for hours before being found. “We don’t know why, though they had received indirect threats. He said four boys, two girls, and three women were killed. He said other injured members of the LeBarón family were being treated in Phoenix, Arizona. Julián LeBarón, an activist, described the incident as a “ massacre,” saying some family members were burnt alive. “Nita and four of my grandchildren are burnt and shot up.” “This is for the record,” says a male voice in an American accent, off-camera, choking up with emotion. Two relatives told Reuters that nine people died, although a government source had previously confirmed five deaths.Ī video posted on social media showed the charred remains of a vehicle riddled with bullet holes that was carrying the victims when the ambush happened.
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