Posted on 07/08/2009 7:26:17 AM PDT by SwinneySwitch
MEXICO CITY — A top member of a breakaway Mormon sect was dragged from his home by marauders and killed early Tuesday in a village founded and named for the American families that settled the remote community in the northern Mexican desert.
Benjamin LeBaron, 31, and Luis Widmar, 29, a brother-in-law who tried to help him, were grabbed by at least 15 commandos shortly after midnight in Colonia LeBaron, which is about 200 miles southeast of El Paso, witnesses said.
The bodies of the men, both naturalized U.S. citizens with five children each, were found nearby shortly afterward, each shot several times in the head, Brent LeBaron, a cousin of Benjamin who lives in the village, said by telephone.
Benjamin LeBaron had led successful protests earlier this year to free his kidnapped brother and demand police protection for their isolated rural community.
“We are fighting a cause that should be heard throughout the world,” said Brent LeBaron, who was helping build the slain men’s coffins Tuesday and prepare for their burials.
“We have two martyrs on our hands, two men who are completely innocent taken out of their houses and killed.
“We don’t know what to do,” he said. “We can’t bear arms. We have no way of legally protecting ourselves.”
Attacked cousin’s house
The attackers struck his cousin’s house as the family slept trying to knock down the front door and smashing its windows, Brent LeBaron said. A panicked Benjamin LeBaron phoned two brothers-in-law for help.
But after the attackers threatened to throw a grenade into the house, LeBaron opened the door.
The gangsters beat Le-Baron and one threatened to rape his wife in front of their children before carrying their victims away, Brent LeBaron said.
As the commandos left they fired assault rifles at the second brother-in-law, who....
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> “We can’t bear arms. We have no way of legally protecting ourselves.”
The money quote.
I was wondering the same thing.
Not my problem!!!
No more calls, we have a winner!
“We don’t know what to do,” he said. “We can’t bear arms. We have no way of legally protecting ourselves.”
There’s a lesson here, folks.
I am trying to figure out why anyone would go to Mexico....
Open land and nobody to hassle you about being married to several of your 13 year old cousins, maybe?
Why would anyone live in a country that has no rule of law ?
If guns are illegal in Mexico, how come the bad guys have them? Don't they know it's illegal to have guns, kidnap for ransom and kill people?
/sarc
The Mennonites are in Chihuahua, the Mormon nutcase polygamists in Sonora. The Mennonites are productive Mexican citizens who make the best cheese in the world. The “Mormons” are not and do not. Every once in a while they make incursions into the U.S. to murder their enemies.
The answer should be clear to them, the culprits aren’t legal either and the Mexican gov’t doesn’t care. Arm yourselves and go hunting.
Yup.
Same here. The only way we go to Mexico is on a Cruise Ship
For a few days. And I keep that ship in sight at all tines.
Coming soon to your hometown, kiddies. Just keep on voting for ‘Rats and libs.
I was just pointing out the sun story, I could care less about either group!!
so what is the local grudge about down there?
“We can’t bear arms. We have no way of legally protecting ourselves.”
The money quote.”
Indeed! Mexico needs the 2nd amendment.
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