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‘The Colony’ revisits 2019 La Mora massacre — and dives into Mormon history, Mexican politics, drug cartels
New book explores a place that began as a polygamous outpost. By Nate Carlisle | FOX 13 Utah | June 25, 2022, 8:00 a.m. It’s not often you can read about Joseph Smith, founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán in the same book. But […]
The ‘Mormon Manson’ and His Family’s Mexican Massacre
Ervil LeBaron was a murderous white supremacist and religious fundamentalist, nine of whose followers were slaughtered in a 2019 cartel killing. Lewis Beale Published Jul. 03, 2022 8:08PM ET He’s been called the “Mormon Manson,” but polygamist Ervil LeBaron and his Mexican-based family managed to make Charlie and his gang look almost tame by comparison. A 6’8” […]
A True-Crime Story That Pits Polygamists Against Drug Lords
In her ninth book, “The Colony,” the veteran journalist Sally Denton takes readers across the border to a Mormon sect in Mexico. By Julia Scheeres, June 28, 2022 Women tend to fare poorly in religions created by men. Throughout history, male prophets have claimed divine authority to write laws that perpetuate male power and shunt women […]
