The LeBarón community suffered decades of horrifying violence in past decades, some of which was caused by internal strife. She now lives in Portland, Oregon, but maintains close contact with family members in Mexico. In more recent years, the LeBarón community had established a sort of truce with the cartels, Wariner said. They had an understanding, she said, that the community would not go after the traffickers if the traffickers left the community members alone. It was a big change from the “peaceful” place that northern Mexico was when he grew up, he added.

Source: bd News24 November 06, 2019 06:00 UTC