Until this week, Mormons in La Mora thought they had protection from narco violence. That unspoken rule was broken when nine American citizens from their community were ambushed and killed.
In the days since her 18-year-old son breathlessly reported that something terrible had happened to her four grandchildren and daughter-in-law, Loretta Miller has cooked nonstop.
With its sprawling, American-style homes and perfectly manicured lawns, the little town of La Mora stands out amid the landscape of mesquite and cactus.So do the town’s residents: a community of largely blond and blue-eyed families from a breakaway Mormon sect who hold both American and Mexican citizenship.
She said her family has close relationships with the locals, who work in Mormon homes and on their pecan and pomegranate farms. When Miller’s son died last year in a small plane crash, more than 1,000 people showed up to the funeral, she said, and locals hired mariachis to play. Shortly after leaving, LeBaron got a flat tire. The caravan returned home and LeBaron asked Miller: “Do you think that’s a sign that I shouldn’t leave here?” But she left anyway, switching vehicles and heading out again in Miller’s 2011 Suburban.
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