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  Relatives Say at Least 5 US Citizens Killed in North Mexico

  

  nytimes.com

  Relatives say at least five U.S. citizens, including four children, who live in a religious community in northern Mexico were killed in a shooting attack they suspect may have been a case of mistaken identity by drug cartel gunmen.

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  How an isolated group of Mormons got caught up in Mexico's cartel wars

  

  theguardian.com

  The deaths of nine women and children has thrust into focus a small religious community and...

  The deaths of nine women and children has thrust into focus a small religious community and their long history in a remote corner of northern MexicoAmid the scrubby foothills of Sonora’s Sierra Madre mountains, they farmed pomegranates and pistachios, raised large families and preached a fundamentalist Mormon faith. Related: Child survivors of massacred family spent 10 hours hiding in Mexican hills Continue reading...

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  Child survivors of massacred family spent 10 hours hiding in Mexican hills

  

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  Devin Langford, 13, hid his six surviving siblings while he walked 23km to get help after...

  Devin Langford, 13, hid his six surviving siblings while he walked 23km to get help after gunmen killed nine close relativesAlone on a remote mountain road after witnessing the slaughter of nine close relatives, the wounded children who had survived a cartel ambush in northern Mexico then endured 10 hours hiding in the barren landscape as they waited for help.One of the survivors, 13-year-old...

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  ‘Innocence Is Shattered:’ A Storied Mormon Family Reels After Mexico Murders

  

  nytimes.com

  Fundamentalist groups that split from the Mormon church have for years navigated life amid the drug...

  Fundamentalist groups that split from the Mormon church have for years navigated life amid the drug war in northern Mexico.

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