Mormons in Mexico: A brief history of polygamy, cartel violence and faith

by Rebecca Janzen University of South Carolina

Fri, November 8th 2019, 7:16 PM UTC

A woman cycles past a sign announcing the Colonia LeBaron, a community settled by members of the extended LeBaron family in Chihuahua state in northern Mexico, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019. The three women and six of their children who were gunned down in a Nov. 4 attack while traveling along Mexico's Chihuahua and Sonora state border, were apparently related to the extended LeBaron family, whose members have run afoul of the drug traffickers over the years. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Men stand around a grave being dug for several of the women and children related to the extended LeBaron family who were killed by drug cartel gunmen, before their burial at the cemetery in La Mora, Sonora state, Mexico, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019. Three women and six of their children were gunned down in an attack while traveling along Mexico's Chihuahua and Sonora state border on Monday. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Soldiers patrol La Mora as the community prepares to hold the first funerals for some of the women and children from the extended LeBaroon family who were killed by drug cartel gunmen, in La Mora, Sonora state, Mexico, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019. Three women and six of their children were gunned down in an attack while traveling along Mexico's Chihuahua and Sonora state border on Monday. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

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A woman cycles past a sign announcing the Colonia LeBaron, a community settled by members of the extended LeBaron family in Chihuahua state in northern Mexico, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019. The three women and six of their children who were gunned down in a Nov. 4 attack while traveling along Mexico's Chihuahua and Sonora state border, were apparently related to the extended LeBaron family, whose members have run afoul of the drug traffickers over the years. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

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