yukon. they said it wasn t a case of mistaken identity. one person who spent his career in mexico say the victims were chased down. another said they re looking into the possibility that this mormon colony, someone failed to pay protection money or someone in their community or colony got cross wise with one of the cartels. they re growing volatility now with a major housecleaning which is just over the mexican border from douglas, arizona, with about 30 people killed in the last four months. bill: i know you know the area well. thank you, west coast bureau, back to you throughout the morning. sandra: we ll continue following that story. on to the impeachment inquiry. a state department employee has shown for his deposition this morning. david hale behind closed doors. three other witnesses are not expected to show and learning about the latest transcripts released.
a mother yelling, don t shoot! babies burned in a car. they believe either the mormon colony failed to pay protection money, or anchored someone by failing to cooperate. they came in from the state of chihuahua, on the east, into the western state of sonora. to fight and try and take over some smuggling routes, i guess. there were seven guys killed yesterday in juarez, into a la, burned to a crisp in a car. neither chihuahua or neighboring sonora is in red. on no-travel list, look mostly the southern states. they said there was a purge of the top of the el chapo cartel. mexico s foreign minister tried to reassure his country
monsters the united states stands ready, willing and able to get involved and do the job quickly and effectively. the great new president of mexico has made this a big issue. the cartels have become so large and powerful that you sometimes need an army to defeat an army. this is really unthinkable and i agree with the president when he says mexico has to really knuckle down and go after some of these cartels and stop this escalating level of violence and hope that if there is a way we can help in that effort that we re called upon to do so. about a dozen of these breakaway polygamous sect still exist. residents have dual citizenship. mitt romney spent summers in mexico in a mormon colony nearby and his father was born there. brit: william, thank you very much. much more to accomplish about that story. iranian ambassador said the country will start inject the
in 1844, joseph smith, along with his brother, were murdered by vigilantes in illinois. as a result, in 1846, the mormons move once again. their new leader, brigham young, takes a large contingent to the great salt lake valley. in 1885, the mormon church considers banning polygamy as a way to gain statehood. church elders approach miles park romney, miles son asking him to set up a mormon colony where polygamy could be practiced, first in the arizona territory and then in mexico. and they went to mexico so they could continue to practice plural marriage. and then when you had the mexican revolution in 1913, they had to come back and they had to start all over. although steeped in his family s history with the church, as a teenager, mitt romney is far from a devoted mormon. so he then went on his mission to france as he left, you know, he has since said he
persecution of a kind that is very american. the mormons often found themselves forced to flee from new york state where their young founder, joseph smith, says he uncovered the golden tablets that became the book of mormon, to ohio and missouri and then illinois. in 1844, joseph smith, along with his brother, were murdered by vigilantes in illinois. as a result, in 1846, the mormons move once again. their new leader, brigham young, takes a large contingent to the great salt lake valley. in 1885, the mormon church considers banning polygamy as a way to gain statehood. church elders approach miles park romney, miles son asking him to set up a mormon colony where polygamy could be practiced, first in the arizona territory and then in mexico. and they went to mexico so they could continue to practice plural marriage. and then when you had the