A criminal organization has been mentioned as a possible suspect in Monday’s ambush of a Mormon family in which nine women and children were killed.
But the LeBarón family of Chihuahua has few friends among members of a farmers’ group called El Barzón.
The family’s ranch was attacked last year by neighboring farmers who claimed that illegal water wells had been drilled on the property.
More than 100 members of El Barzón broke into the LeBarón family’s walnut farm in the municipality of San Buenaventura in April 2018.
Video footage shows a convoy of pickup trucks entering the La Mojina ranch, where barzonistas, as the members of the farmers’ group are known, set a house and warehouses on fire, destroyed 11 water wells and ran over small walnut trees.
Another video shows the pickup trucks traveling along a dirt road on the ranch before confronting members of the LeBarón family.
According to Julian LeBarón – who provides a voiceover to the footage broadcast by television station Televisa – the barzonistas broke down fences to enter the ranch.
LeBarón said that members of his family tried to stop the farmers and talk to them but they responded by shouting “racist” and “xenophobic” remarks at them.
He said the barzonistas subsequently began throwing stones, after which his brother fired warning shots into the air and ground.
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