1 00:00:02,437 --> 00:00:05,003 VOICE MESSAGE, FAMILY GROUP 2 00:00:05,437 --> 00:00:07,637 We have six of the children. 3 00:00:07,770 --> 00:00:09,970 We are leaving the mountain now. 4 00:00:10,070 --> 00:00:13,770 One is in very poor condition and the other two are stable. 5 00:00:14,003 --> 00:00:16,237 We need air support for this boy. 6 00:00:20,370 --> 00:00:23,437 We were in the ambulance, or in trucks, whatever. 7 00:00:23,703 --> 00:00:26,737 And they took us to the hospital in Bavispe. 8 00:00:26,837 --> 00:00:28,037 BAVISPE RURAL HEALTH CENTER 9 00:00:28,237 --> 00:00:31,037 Doctors running on one side to another, and then mine... 10 00:00:31,637 --> 00:00:32,770 My little brother crying, 11 00:00:33,037 --> 00:00:35,537 because they were trying take a bullet out of his chest. 12 00:00:38,103 --> 00:00:40,537 They bandaged him and handed it to me. 13 00:00:40,637 --> 00:00:42,237 And my father came in. 14 00:00:43,570 --> 00:00:45,970 And he was crying, entering every room, 15 00:00:46,070 --> 00:00:48,570 making sure your children were alive, 16 00:00:48,703 --> 00:00:50,637 trying to understand what happened. 17 00:00:51,570 --> 00:00:54,437 I guess I was still trying process everything. 18 00:00:59,070 --> 00:01:00,437 I've never seen him... 19 00:01:03,003 --> 00:01:04,103 So... 20 00:01:05,003 --> 00:01:07,003 Empty, in my life. 21 00:01:10,803 --> 00:01:12,270 He... 22 00:01:12,637 --> 00:01:14,703 He seemed to not know what to do. 23 00:01:14,803 --> 00:01:17,070 His wife died and he lost two sons. 24 00:01:23,070 --> 00:01:25,703 His other children were shot, 25 00:01:25,803 --> 00:01:29,070 wondering if any of them will survive. 26 00:01:34,703 --> 00:01:36,037 They were... 27 00:01:36,537 --> 00:01:38,037 Wounded, injured... 28 00:01:38,470 --> 00:01:41,037 They were probably a little shocked. 29 00:01:41,370 --> 00:01:42,770 In shock. 30 00:01:45,203 --> 00:01:46,670 It was a nightmare. 31 00:01:49,270 --> 00:01:51,437 My children needed of medical attention. 32 00:01:53,037 --> 00:01:55,270 I didn't want anything more the best care for them. 33 00:01:56,037 --> 00:01:57,803 And we talked to the General that was there, 34 00:01:58,037 --> 00:02:00,303 and he said he could bring a military helicopter 35 00:02:00,403 --> 00:02:02,170 which could take us to Agua Prieta. 36 00:02:04,403 --> 00:02:06,603 They got us out of there 37 00:02:06,703 --> 00:02:08,237 to the border, 38 00:02:08,770 --> 00:02:12,570 and five rescue helicopters took us to the United States. 39 00:02:13,537 --> 00:02:17,737 The victims are women and children from an important Mormon family. 40 00:02:18,003 --> 00:02:20,303 What story is this, still unfolding. 41 00:02:20,770 --> 00:02:23,737 We know that at least four of injured survivors 42 00:02:24,003 --> 00:02:26,003 are now here at the hospital in Arizona. 43 00:02:28,570 --> 00:02:31,637 I don't know what the situation is. 44 00:02:32,237 --> 00:02:34,103 They are trying to understand, 45 00:02:34,203 --> 00:02:36,803 but for now Let's keep praying. 46 00:02:38,437 --> 00:02:40,670 Family members gathered in Tucson tonight, 47 00:02:40,770 --> 00:02:43,037 as doctors and nurses take care of victims. 48 00:02:43,137 --> 00:02:45,803 All survivors of the attack they are children. 49 00:02:48,270 --> 00:02:53,337 THE MASSACRE OF THE MORMONS 50 00:03:06,770 --> 00:03:09,037 ONE DAY AFTER THE ATTACK 51 00:03:14,603 --> 00:03:16,070 The next day, 52 00:03:16,170 --> 00:03:19,303 I came back early in the morning. 53 00:03:21,203 --> 00:03:23,203 When I arrived at the vehicle, 54 00:03:23,803 --> 00:03:27,003 I walked around several times, I said some prayers... 55 00:03:30,637 --> 00:03:34,437 As I sat down, I began to see these white papers 56 00:03:34,537 --> 00:03:38,703 and I found checkbook paper, change from her purse. 57 00:03:38,803 --> 00:03:40,670 Things scattered across the floor. 58 00:03:46,203 --> 00:03:48,703 At that moment I started thinking 59 00:03:49,670 --> 00:03:53,203 that maybe the truck didn't have blown up because of bullets, 60 00:03:53,303 --> 00:03:57,670 but they burned it because they managed to steal it. 61 00:04:04,637 --> 00:04:05,970 The remains were... 62 00:04:06,670 --> 00:04:09,737 Some bones in the driver's seat 63 00:04:10,537 --> 00:04:13,970 and my grandson... 64 00:04:14,170 --> 00:04:17,003 The trunk was on the ground. Well, what's left of him. 65 00:04:17,103 --> 00:04:19,237 Just some charred bones and his body came out... 66 00:04:19,337 --> 00:04:22,237 Even his legs were burned to the bone. 67 00:04:25,003 --> 00:04:27,037 The door was open on that side. 68 00:04:27,170 --> 00:04:29,003 And my grandson... 69 00:04:30,803 --> 00:04:34,370 Older, he was a bit out of touch. 70 00:04:34,470 --> 00:04:36,103 I think he was trying to get out. 71 00:04:42,003 --> 00:04:43,303 If you look here... 72 00:04:43,403 --> 00:04:45,070 That's Howard Jr.'s shoe, 73 00:04:45,170 --> 00:04:47,103 where he tried to exit the vehicle. 74 00:04:47,203 --> 00:04:50,337 {\an5}KENDRA MILLER - AUNT OF THE VICTIMS NOVEMBER 5, 2019 75 00:04:50,437 --> 00:04:54,137 You can see how he is stuck in the middle of the door. 76 00:04:54,237 --> 00:04:57,270 And there is the rest of the body still inside the vehicle. 77 00:05:04,637 --> 00:05:06,137 The Suburban 78 00:05:06,970 --> 00:05:08,370 had bullets 79 00:05:08,737 --> 00:05:10,070 right behind. 80 00:05:10,170 --> 00:05:11,570 I think they killed them. 81 00:05:12,370 --> 00:05:13,370 And then they set it on fire. 82 00:05:15,703 --> 00:05:17,470 In Bavispe, Sonora, 83 00:05:17,570 --> 00:05:22,003 police were at the scene today to collaborate in the investigation 84 00:05:22,103 --> 00:05:25,370 of the massacre of the nine members of the LeBaron family. 85 00:05:27,003 --> 00:05:28,337 They found 86 00:05:28,437 --> 00:05:33,370 From 30 to 40 projectiles, It's point-blank in the vehicle. 87 00:05:36,503 --> 00:05:38,637 Are you shooting in the air? 88 00:05:41,003 --> 00:05:44,070 Why did they shoot at close range? 89 00:05:47,403 --> 00:05:50,270 MEXICO CITY 90 00:05:59,237 --> 00:06:02,737 {\an5}ONE OF THE INVESTIGATORS AGREED TO AN INTERVIEW. 91 00:06:02,970 --> 00:06:06,503 {\an5}FOR SAFETY REASONS, YOUR FACE WILL BE COVERED. 92 00:06:07,103 --> 00:06:11,970 The first clues we got pointed to the use of long weapons. 93 00:06:16,770 --> 00:06:21,170 We recover cartridges of different calibers, such as. 223. 94 00:06:22,403 --> 00:06:24,170 Better known as R-15. 95 00:06:24,770 --> 00:06:29,270 E 7.62 x 39 mm, known like "Cuernos de Chivo", 96 00:06:29,637 --> 00:06:32,337 and caliber cartridges. 50. 97 00:06:35,003 --> 00:06:36,737 For some of the recovered projectiles, 98 00:06:37,003 --> 00:06:39,237 we found out that it was of an organized crime case. 99 00:06:49,003 --> 00:06:54,570 The day of the massacre was my worst day as Ambassador. 100 00:06:56,603 --> 00:07:00,237 I was in Hermosillo, capital of the state of Sonora. 101 00:07:00,937 --> 00:07:04,337 I remember we went harassed by the press. 102 00:07:04,637 --> 00:07:06,337 I understood quickly 103 00:07:06,437 --> 00:07:09,703 that would be something very important. 104 00:07:12,070 --> 00:07:16,970 {\an5}First, I want to express my deepest condolences 105 00:07:17,070 --> 00:07:21,070 {\an5}to the families of the victims, by yesterday's events. 106 00:07:21,503 --> 00:07:25,770 We received a lot of phone calls of people in Washington 107 00:07:26,003 --> 00:07:27,670 wanting to know what happened. 108 00:07:27,770 --> 00:07:31,503 is very important, as highlighted President Trump 109 00:07:31,603 --> 00:07:35,170 in your appeal today to President L�pez Obrador, 110 00:07:35,270 --> 00:07:36,503 that we work together. 111 00:07:37,003 --> 00:07:40,537 Because it's totally for our common good, 112 00:07:40,637 --> 00:07:44,537 for our two countries, defeat organized crime. 113 00:07:45,070 --> 00:07:46,570 Unfortunately, 114 00:07:46,803 --> 00:07:51,670 Mexico does not have an unblemished record 115 00:07:51,770 --> 00:07:56,137 with regard to resolution of these types of crimes. 116 00:07:56,270 --> 00:07:58,970 We were very worried, as the Government of the United States, 117 00:07:59,070 --> 00:08:00,703 that there would be justice. 118 00:08:00,937 --> 00:08:03,070 The President published some tweets today. 119 00:08:03,170 --> 00:08:06,703 "If Mexico needs or requests help to eliminate these monsters, 120 00:08:06,937 --> 00:08:09,346 the United States is ready, willing and able to get involved 121 00:08:09,370 --> 00:08:11,470 and do the work quickly and effectively." 122 00:08:11,570 --> 00:08:15,003 The only way to neutralize the bullets It's with bigger and bigger bullets. 123 00:08:15,103 --> 00:08:18,737 If the Mexican government cannot protect American citizens in Mexico, 124 00:08:18,970 --> 00:08:21,970 then the United States they will have to solve the problem themselves. 125 00:08:23,437 --> 00:08:25,037 I've already offered Mexico. 126 00:08:25,137 --> 00:08:27,003 I really like the president. 127 00:08:27,103 --> 00:08:30,403 In fact, I offered you to let us come in and clean everything up. 128 00:08:32,237 --> 00:08:35,137 NOVEMBER 5, 2019 129 00:08:35,237 --> 00:08:39,337 I don't think we need 130 00:08:39,437 --> 00:08:44,137 of the intervention of a foreign government. 131 00:08:45,503 --> 00:08:48,070 There were American citizens 132 00:08:48,170 --> 00:08:50,303 murdered in Mexican territory. 133 00:08:54,437 --> 00:08:58,170 The pressure that started growing in the United States 134 00:08:58,270 --> 00:09:00,703 against the Mexican government it was very strong. 135 00:09:00,937 --> 00:09:05,703 Some politicians in the United States in addition to condemning the attack, 136 00:09:05,937 --> 00:09:09,637 wanted to designate as terrorists Mexico's criminal gangs. 137 00:09:11,270 --> 00:09:12,303 In these cases, 138 00:09:12,403 --> 00:09:16,203 It is politically very expensive stand still and do nothing. 139 00:09:18,403 --> 00:09:23,570 We asked the Mexicans if we could call FBI agents 140 00:09:23,670 --> 00:09:25,270 to come to Mexico 141 00:09:25,370 --> 00:09:30,303 work on our investigation along with its investigators. 142 00:09:39,503 --> 00:09:42,770 Collaboration and help of the United States government 143 00:09:43,003 --> 00:09:44,670 it was just to enjoy 144 00:09:44,770 --> 00:09:47,737 any technological advancement that they could have, 145 00:09:47,970 --> 00:09:50,137 and with that, deepen the investigation 146 00:09:50,237 --> 00:09:52,770 and be able to establish, of this line of action, 147 00:09:53,003 --> 00:09:56,670 being able to collect data and evidence, 148 00:09:56,770 --> 00:09:58,737 in order to strengthen our case. 149 00:10:02,670 --> 00:10:04,670 A federal police helicopter 150 00:10:04,770 --> 00:10:08,737 and about 30 FBI agents 151 00:10:09,003 --> 00:10:11,003 they arrived this Tuesday to Bavispe, Sonora. 152 00:10:12,003 --> 00:10:14,770 The FBI team collaborated, for the first time, 153 00:10:15,003 --> 00:10:18,670 in the procedures performed by the Mexican prosecutor's office in the area. 154 00:10:23,237 --> 00:10:26,037 They used advanced technology. 155 00:10:27,037 --> 00:10:30,770 They gathered some ballistic elements of the area 156 00:10:31,037 --> 00:10:33,237 to be analyzed in their laboratories. 157 00:10:52,070 --> 00:10:54,370 THREE DAYS AFTER THE ATTACK 158 00:10:58,070 --> 00:11:00,070 They sang and cried 159 00:11:00,237 --> 00:11:02,803 while they were buried the victims of the ambush 160 00:11:03,037 --> 00:11:06,303 who killed nine people in the hills of Sonora, Mexico. 161 00:11:08,537 --> 00:11:10,770 ANGELS 162 00:11:11,003 --> 00:11:13,003 DAUGHTERS OF THE KING 163 00:11:17,570 --> 00:11:21,003 I asked my mother... If she died, 164 00:11:21,103 --> 00:11:23,437 I would like a fancy funeral. 165 00:11:24,003 --> 00:11:26,070 And her friend was there and she said: 166 00:11:26,170 --> 00:11:27,890 "You don't need spend all that money. 167 00:11:28,037 --> 00:11:29,357 No, I want something nice, but..." 168 00:11:29,437 --> 00:11:31,670 And Mom said, "Hell, no. 169 00:11:32,137 --> 00:11:34,770 If I'm leaving, I'm going with style. I deserve it." 170 00:11:37,370 --> 00:11:39,170 So that's what we did. 171 00:11:39,803 --> 00:11:41,837 Flowers, we light lanterns... 172 00:11:43,537 --> 00:11:45,070 It was definitely beautiful. 173 00:11:49,203 --> 00:11:51,503 Meanwhile, the family says goodbye to three women 174 00:11:51,603 --> 00:11:52,803 and six children. 175 00:11:53,037 --> 00:11:55,470 Morgan Loew was at the funeral today 176 00:11:55,570 --> 00:11:57,537 and Morgan, can you describe what must have been 177 00:11:57,637 --> 00:12:00,037 a terribly sad scene for us? 178 00:12:00,303 --> 00:12:04,803 Yes, Jared, it was very similar with a normal and very sad funeral. 179 00:12:05,037 --> 00:12:06,203 Except every now and then 180 00:12:06,303 --> 00:12:08,337 you saw something completely out of place, 181 00:12:08,437 --> 00:12:12,070 like a police officer with an automatic weapon 182 00:12:12,170 --> 00:12:13,703 among the mourners. 183 00:12:13,803 --> 00:12:17,670 Or heavily armed military with their Humvees 184 00:12:17,770 --> 00:12:19,637 outside the funeral perimeter. 185 00:12:23,103 --> 00:12:26,403 Our faith is that there is a God in Heaven 186 00:12:26,503 --> 00:12:27,537 and He... 187 00:12:28,170 --> 00:12:29,770 He supervises... 188 00:12:30,003 --> 00:12:31,646 KENNY MILLER RHONITA'S FATHER-IN-LAW AND GRANDFATHER OF THE VICTIMS 189 00:12:31,670 --> 00:12:34,437 And attends to the affairs of men, whether they are good or bad. 190 00:12:41,537 --> 00:12:44,103 And that's where we draw strength. 191 00:12:44,337 --> 00:12:47,037 However, this does not make it immune to emotions. 192 00:12:50,537 --> 00:12:51,703 They were innocent. 193 00:12:53,670 --> 00:12:58,037 They will look innocent, every one of them. 194 00:13:03,670 --> 00:13:04,670 I am really sorry. 195 00:13:09,303 --> 00:13:10,637 All my children were there, 196 00:13:10,737 --> 00:13:13,003 except those in the hospital. 197 00:13:15,303 --> 00:13:17,137 Devon and Kylie were there. 198 00:13:17,337 --> 00:13:19,803 It was a great closure, being there. 199 00:13:34,070 --> 00:13:36,270 Everything in my brain was... 200 00:13:37,037 --> 00:13:38,603 My brain was a big mess. 201 00:13:44,370 --> 00:13:46,103 I lost a wife and two children. 202 00:13:48,137 --> 00:13:50,770 My life, my world has turned upside down. 203 00:13:54,470 --> 00:13:56,570 What do you do from there? Where are you going? 204 00:13:59,637 --> 00:14:02,137 Decisions from now on would be... 205 00:14:02,537 --> 00:14:04,503 It was like a new country for me. 206 00:14:05,170 --> 00:14:07,170 A time for reflection... 207 00:14:09,337 --> 00:14:10,570 Of deep reflection. 208 00:14:11,537 --> 00:14:13,237 Trying to answer why... 209 00:14:15,103 --> 00:14:17,003 these things happen to you. 210 00:14:18,137 --> 00:14:19,637 What's going on here 211 00:14:19,737 --> 00:14:23,003 when these cars could potentially be targeted 212 00:14:23,103 --> 00:14:24,737 with these individuals inside? 213 00:14:27,637 --> 00:14:30,237 Why would they kill women and children? 214 00:14:30,337 --> 00:14:31,503 What is there to gain from this? 215 00:14:34,003 --> 00:14:35,537 Were we specifically targeted? 216 00:14:36,003 --> 00:14:38,337 Were you hired? Was it revenge? 217 00:14:40,770 --> 00:14:42,570 Who are the LeBarons? 218 00:14:42,670 --> 00:14:47,137 What is this Mormon community? and what background do they have in Mexico? 219 00:14:50,570 --> 00:14:53,237 This community faced many trials. 220 00:14:53,337 --> 00:14:54,803 And between these trials 221 00:14:55,037 --> 00:14:57,303 There was an internal conflict between brothers. 222 00:14:57,503 --> 00:14:58,503 In the United States, 223 00:14:58,603 --> 00:15:00,270 {\an5}the LeBaron cases may not be worth anything 224 00:15:00,370 --> 00:15:02,010 {\an5}plus a few more bizarre murders. 225 00:15:02,403 --> 00:15:06,670 {\an5}Ervil LeBaron has a habit of ordering many murders, 226 00:15:06,770 --> 00:15:09,137 including murders within your own family. 227 00:15:09,503 --> 00:15:10,970 The story of Cain and Abel. 228 00:15:11,070 --> 00:15:15,970 My grandfather's brother, Ervil, who was his right-hand man, 229 00:15:16,070 --> 00:15:18,737 who helped him found and establish a new church, 230 00:15:18,970 --> 00:15:20,370 became enemies. 231 00:15:20,970 --> 00:15:23,770 Ervil LeBaron, his religion and his reign of death... 232 00:15:24,003 --> 00:15:26,503 Ervil convinced some church members 233 00:15:26,603 --> 00:15:28,737 to go to church that he was founding. 234 00:15:29,203 --> 00:15:32,670 And he ended up having my grandfather killed. 235 00:15:33,203 --> 00:15:36,137 They don't hesitate when Ervil orders them to draw their weapons. 236 00:15:36,237 --> 00:15:39,670 They killed deserters and rivals in the United States and Mexico. 237 00:15:39,770 --> 00:15:42,770 They even killed Joel, Ervil's brother, your former prophet. 238 00:15:43,103 --> 00:15:44,979 The prosecutor's office from Salt Lake County 239 00:15:45,003 --> 00:15:48,437 published hundreds of these posters of reward in Spanish. 240 00:15:48,603 --> 00:15:52,770 Offers 85 thousand pesos for information about Ervil LeBaron, 241 00:15:53,003 --> 00:15:55,243 the man who supposedly ordered the murder of Allred, 242 00:15:55,270 --> 00:15:56,803 and several other people. 243 00:15:57,037 --> 00:15:59,970 Also offers reward by five followers of LeBaron 244 00:16:00,070 --> 00:16:01,830 which are believed to be hidden in Mexico. 245 00:16:01,970 --> 00:16:06,237 They murdered the leaders of other Mormon denominations 246 00:16:06,337 --> 00:16:07,970 in the United States. 247 00:16:08,070 --> 00:16:09,770 Mainly fundamentalists. 248 00:16:10,003 --> 00:16:12,903 They even threatened the president from the United States, 249 00:16:13,003 --> 00:16:14,683 assassinate the president of the United States. 250 00:16:14,970 --> 00:16:17,170 Police and FBI agents across the country 251 00:16:17,270 --> 00:16:20,570 they're looking for LeBaron, called a "religious revolutionary". 252 00:16:20,703 --> 00:16:24,103 But they don't seem to be any closer him and his disciples now 253 00:16:24,203 --> 00:16:25,970 than they were eight months ago. 254 00:16:26,970 --> 00:16:30,570 There is a dark shadow, a dark stigma about our people, 255 00:16:30,670 --> 00:16:32,770 because of these issues. 256 00:16:33,003 --> 00:16:36,737 Although most of us always been a lover of peace 257 00:16:37,003 --> 00:16:39,503 and civilized people. 258 00:16:41,470 --> 00:16:44,237 My grandfather, Joel LeBaron, came to this place... 259 00:16:44,337 --> 00:16:46,537 It must have been the mid-1950s. 260 00:16:47,137 --> 00:16:49,137 They came with pickaxes and shovels. 261 00:16:49,237 --> 00:16:51,470 They arrived in a desert and dug up the mesquite 262 00:16:51,570 --> 00:16:53,137 to be farmers there. 263 00:16:53,237 --> 00:16:55,203 They dug the first agricultural well 264 00:16:55,303 --> 00:16:57,403 and my great-grandfather came to settle here. 265 00:16:57,503 --> 00:17:00,337 They built small shacks, cleaned the mesquites 266 00:17:00,437 --> 00:17:01,703 and started farming here. 267 00:17:03,070 --> 00:17:05,737 My grandfather's brother found a way 268 00:17:05,970 --> 00:17:08,337 to draw water from springs 269 00:17:08,437 --> 00:17:10,470 that were right there on that hill, 270 00:17:10,570 --> 00:17:13,970 and give people water for irrigation, channel in your homes, 271 00:17:14,070 --> 00:17:15,970 so they could have water. 272 00:17:21,737 --> 00:17:24,303 When the neighbors of the communities around us 273 00:17:24,403 --> 00:17:28,337 they see we are going to the United States and we can bring capital goods 274 00:17:28,437 --> 00:17:30,770 to buy land and build irrigation systems, 275 00:17:31,003 --> 00:17:34,070 and we have equipment and we drive nice cars 276 00:17:34,170 --> 00:17:35,803 and we build beautiful houses... 277 00:17:36,037 --> 00:17:39,170 Obviously there is resentment against us. 278 00:17:44,403 --> 00:17:46,770 The LeBarons had many conflicts 279 00:17:47,003 --> 00:17:50,470 with locals and farmers of Chihuahua 280 00:17:50,570 --> 00:17:52,770 because they stole the water. 281 00:17:53,003 --> 00:17:54,337 Are you okay? 282 00:17:55,203 --> 00:17:58,703 And this problem It's been around for a long time. 283 00:18:00,537 --> 00:18:03,303 At least 100 members of a community farm 284 00:18:03,403 --> 00:18:05,303 invaded a farm of the LeBaron family. 285 00:18:05,403 --> 00:18:07,703 According to local farmers, the reason for the conflict 286 00:18:07,937 --> 00:18:12,570 is illegally using eleven wells to irrigate their crops. 287 00:18:20,970 --> 00:18:23,103 Meanwhile They set fire to houses and warehouses. 288 00:18:23,203 --> 00:18:25,970 and destroyed irrigation wells and walnut trees. 289 00:18:32,570 --> 00:18:37,270 The conflict over water was one of the hypotheses raised 290 00:18:37,370 --> 00:18:39,970 as a potential motive for this attack. 291 00:18:40,103 --> 00:18:41,179 WHY THE LEBARON FAMILY WAS KILLED IN MEXICO? 292 00:18:41,203 --> 00:18:42,437 But there are many others. 293 00:18:42,537 --> 00:18:43,637 MANY HYPOTHESES 294 00:18:44,270 --> 00:18:47,237 There were ideas like: 295 00:18:47,337 --> 00:18:52,270 "A large Lithium mine nearby." 296 00:18:52,603 --> 00:18:53,979 {\an5}IN THE LEBARON AREA, A LARGE LITHIUM TANK 297 00:18:54,003 --> 00:18:55,503 {\an5}On the border between Sonora and Chihuahua, 298 00:18:55,603 --> 00:18:58,637 {\an5}very close to where they were attacked members of the LeBaron family, 299 00:18:58,737 --> 00:19:01,437 {\an5}is the largest lithium deposit in the world. 300 00:19:02,937 --> 00:19:06,937 People theorized that Chinese were coming in 301 00:19:07,070 --> 00:19:10,337 and buying, what they did, large stakes in that mine. 302 00:19:10,437 --> 00:19:12,270 And the United States they were getting nervous. 303 00:19:13,070 --> 00:19:17,437 All the lithium mineral that exists in the underground of our country 304 00:19:17,537 --> 00:19:19,137 belongs to the Mexicans. 305 00:19:19,437 --> 00:19:23,337 So they raised the hypothesis that maybe 306 00:19:24,070 --> 00:19:25,970 was it an inside job or something 307 00:19:26,070 --> 00:19:29,570 which allowed the United States come in and do something about it. 308 00:19:30,537 --> 00:19:34,037 Lithium is a very strategic asset, mainly to the United States. 309 00:19:34,603 --> 00:19:38,970 When news came of great lithium deposits nearby, 310 00:19:39,203 --> 00:19:41,137 some reports have appeared speculating 311 00:19:41,237 --> 00:19:43,770 that this could somehow be the reason for the attack. 312 00:19:44,237 --> 00:19:48,403 And it's a pretext so that American politicians 313 00:19:48,503 --> 00:19:50,823 talk about security forces that cross the border. 314 00:19:51,003 --> 00:19:54,437 The LeBaron family lives in Mexico almost 100 years ago. 315 00:19:54,537 --> 00:19:59,370 The last decades are characterized by aggressions and threats against them. 316 00:20:01,303 --> 00:20:04,170 Many questions were asked. "What did we do?" 317 00:20:04,337 --> 00:20:05,897 "There has to be a reason behind that, 318 00:20:06,037 --> 00:20:10,370 Maybe I have a husband, a father..." 319 00:20:11,003 --> 00:20:12,570 You know, someone involved 320 00:20:12,670 --> 00:20:14,346 with something somewhere that could cause this. 321 00:20:14,370 --> 00:20:16,770 COULD THE LEBARON HAVE CONNECTIONS WITH CARDS? 322 00:20:17,003 --> 00:20:21,003 Lots of people on the news during this incident 323 00:20:21,103 --> 00:20:23,803 judged us to be a community... 324 00:20:24,037 --> 00:20:27,370 We deserve it, because we have already been involved with drugs. 325 00:20:27,537 --> 00:20:29,037 But... 326 00:20:29,603 --> 00:20:32,503 I can say that this community never been involved with drugs 327 00:20:32,603 --> 00:20:34,170 no one in this community. 328 00:20:34,303 --> 00:20:36,337 Personally, I have never used drugs 329 00:20:36,437 --> 00:20:39,670 and much less was I involved with drug trafficking. 330 00:20:41,703 --> 00:20:43,803 We had our chance, obviously. 331 00:20:44,037 --> 00:20:47,103 But we made a point of not doing it, It's not our way of life. 332 00:20:49,303 --> 00:20:51,803 Well, when we moved here, 333 00:20:52,237 --> 00:20:54,037 I didn't know the word "cartel". 334 00:20:55,303 --> 00:20:56,837 I didn't know the word "sanario". 335 00:20:57,670 --> 00:21:00,437 But, of course, that was in the early 70s. 336 00:21:00,603 --> 00:21:03,703 And then time passed and we grew old, 337 00:21:04,003 --> 00:21:07,103 and they began planting marijuana here and there. 338 00:21:07,270 --> 00:21:09,770 And they talked about it as if it were Just another harvest. 339 00:21:12,537 --> 00:21:15,437 When I was a child, they only sold marijuana. 340 00:21:15,603 --> 00:21:18,537 Then went up to marijuana and cocaine, fentanyl... 341 00:21:18,637 --> 00:21:21,803 They do everything. Now everything goes. 342 00:21:22,670 --> 00:21:25,137 As time passes, 343 00:21:25,237 --> 00:21:27,737 We started to see checkpoints. 344 00:21:28,003 --> 00:21:29,237 So we made fun, 345 00:21:29,337 --> 00:21:31,403 or was it the state police or traffickers. 346 00:21:40,370 --> 00:21:42,503 Bad things happen on this road. 347 00:21:42,670 --> 00:21:45,770 They've been bringing cocaine for years from South America, 348 00:21:46,037 --> 00:21:48,803 on clandestine tracks in the mountains here. 349 00:21:52,437 --> 00:21:55,803 Where can they get their drugs and drive down this road 350 00:21:56,037 --> 00:21:57,703 to the border without hindrance. 351 00:22:02,237 --> 00:22:05,170 Furthermore, they are involved in kidnappings and extortion, 352 00:22:05,270 --> 00:22:08,103 and all these criminal activities in the mountains here. 353 00:22:09,070 --> 00:22:10,737 The Chihuahua-Sonora corridor 354 00:22:11,003 --> 00:22:13,337 is one of the most disputed by drug cartels. 355 00:22:14,037 --> 00:22:16,603 is an important route for drug trafficking, 356 00:22:16,703 --> 00:22:17,737 money and weapons. 357 00:22:18,003 --> 00:22:19,803 {\an5}In Chihuahua, there are already 15 deaths reported 358 00:22:20,037 --> 00:22:23,103 after a brutal shooting between drug gangs. 359 00:22:24,170 --> 00:22:25,503 Shut your damn mouth. 360 00:22:27,303 --> 00:22:29,603 Unfortunately, well... Our families live here. 361 00:22:32,737 --> 00:22:35,770 There is evidence that these Mormon families 362 00:22:36,037 --> 00:22:37,437 had already been attacked. 363 00:22:38,570 --> 00:22:40,537 Criminal groups, 364 00:22:40,703 --> 00:22:44,037 seeing that they are rich people, 365 00:22:44,170 --> 00:22:45,737 One day he kidnapped one of them. 366 00:22:47,703 --> 00:22:51,470 In May 2009, my brother Eric LeBaron was kidnapped. 367 00:22:53,837 --> 00:22:55,803 And they told him they wanted a million dollars, 368 00:22:56,037 --> 00:22:57,437 otherwise they would kill him. 369 00:22:57,637 --> 00:23:01,603 We decided to hold a town hall meeting and decide, as a community, 370 00:23:01,703 --> 00:23:05,003 how to respond to kidnapping, because it happened everywhere. 371 00:23:06,703 --> 00:23:09,770 {\an5}This is a big challenge that this community has 372 00:23:10,003 --> 00:23:11,403 {\an5}with the cartel. 373 00:23:13,737 --> 00:23:16,637 So we decided to confront the cartel. 374 00:23:17,537 --> 00:23:20,537 Say, "We won't pay, we will not submit. 375 00:23:20,737 --> 00:23:22,237 They won't pass over us." 376 00:23:24,370 --> 00:23:26,603 Some people wanted to arm themselves, 377 00:23:26,703 --> 00:23:28,303 and said, "Let's get our rifles, 378 00:23:28,403 --> 00:23:30,070 and let's go after these people." 379 00:23:30,170 --> 00:23:32,470 And other people said: "Let's go to the authorities." 380 00:23:33,003 --> 00:23:36,137 So we decided to go to the Government Palace 381 00:23:36,237 --> 00:23:39,737 in the capital Chihuahua, and hold them accountable 382 00:23:40,003 --> 00:23:41,670 for Eric's life. 383 00:23:42,037 --> 00:23:44,397 And tell the governor: "You need to solve this problem. 384 00:23:44,470 --> 00:23:47,803 If you don't want us to go to war with the cartel people, 385 00:23:48,037 --> 00:23:49,337 So you have to resolve this." 386 00:23:50,370 --> 00:23:52,770 LET'S RESCUE ERIC 387 00:23:53,837 --> 00:23:55,470 So we got a caravan. 388 00:23:55,570 --> 00:23:58,037 It should have at least a minimum of... 389 00:23:58,403 --> 00:24:00,170 I would say, 300? 390 00:24:00,403 --> 00:24:02,637 There were men, women and children. 391 00:24:02,970 --> 00:24:06,070 And we take tents and food and we spent three days 392 00:24:06,170 --> 00:24:08,970 around the Government Palace. 393 00:24:09,103 --> 00:24:14,070 When a brother is kidnapped, the entire community is kidnapped. 394 00:24:15,370 --> 00:24:17,570 That's why we're here. 395 00:24:17,737 --> 00:24:19,270 Three days later, 396 00:24:19,370 --> 00:24:21,770 my brother called us, informing them that they had released him. 397 00:24:22,003 --> 00:24:23,203 They released him. 398 00:24:24,237 --> 00:24:27,003 {\an5}MAY 10, 2009 399 00:24:32,203 --> 00:24:36,670 When he came back, and was alive, that sent a message, 400 00:24:36,770 --> 00:24:39,270 everyone around us came to us and said: 401 00:24:39,370 --> 00:24:41,770 "We have to come together in the same way as you 402 00:24:42,003 --> 00:24:43,070 to protect our people." 403 00:24:43,170 --> 00:24:46,637 Because they were kidnapping and extorting companies everywhere. 404 00:24:46,803 --> 00:24:50,803 And we build a new movement against kidnappings and extortion 405 00:24:51,037 --> 00:24:52,270 called SOS Chihuahua. 406 00:24:52,370 --> 00:24:53,370 END TO KIDNAPPINGS! 407 00:24:53,470 --> 00:24:55,603 And my brother Benjamin became the spokesperson. 408 00:24:55,703 --> 00:24:58,770 It's as if he were the natural leader of communities. 409 00:25:01,570 --> 00:25:02,646 RESPECT FOR THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS IS PEACE 410 00:25:02,670 --> 00:25:04,903 Thank God for enlightening us 411 00:25:05,003 --> 00:25:06,970 to fight for our country, 412 00:25:07,070 --> 00:25:10,437 to end this problem of kidnappings and extortion. 413 00:25:11,970 --> 00:25:13,970 They made a great effort to say: 414 00:25:14,070 --> 00:25:18,637 "We will not tolerate kidnapping of members of our family, 415 00:25:18,737 --> 00:25:20,270 and give in to it." 416 00:25:20,370 --> 00:25:22,770 Because they have such a big family 417 00:25:23,003 --> 00:25:25,637 and are such a vulnerable target, it would never end. 418 00:25:26,203 --> 00:25:28,637 And after this success, 419 00:25:28,737 --> 00:25:33,037 cause other members from the community of Chihuahua 420 00:25:33,137 --> 00:25:36,670 Look to them for advice: "How to deal with kidnappings?" 421 00:25:36,770 --> 00:25:39,070 And they become unofficial advisors. 422 00:25:39,470 --> 00:25:45,003 And this hinders the card business 423 00:25:45,103 --> 00:25:46,437 kidnapping for ransom. 424 00:25:46,637 --> 00:25:50,703 The year 1810 was a revolution, 1910 was a revolution. 425 00:25:51,003 --> 00:25:53,603 We are close to 2010, we don't want revolution. 426 00:25:53,703 --> 00:25:55,670 We just want peace, so I think the way 427 00:25:55,770 --> 00:25:59,037 how we try to achieve it It's organizing us. 428 00:26:02,137 --> 00:26:05,370 On the night of July 6, 2009, 429 00:26:06,070 --> 00:26:11,737 Seventeen mercenaries of the Ju�rez cartel, hit men, 430 00:26:12,470 --> 00:26:14,970 came down this road in four vehicles. 431 00:26:16,437 --> 00:26:19,437 These armed men surrounded this house 432 00:26:19,537 --> 00:26:22,237 with two vehicles behind and two in front, 433 00:26:22,337 --> 00:26:25,737 and armed with AK-47 and AR-15. 434 00:26:25,970 --> 00:26:28,337 They broke all the windows in his house 435 00:26:28,437 --> 00:26:30,203 and they shouted for him to leave, 436 00:26:30,303 --> 00:26:32,637 or they would throw grenades at the house. 437 00:26:35,303 --> 00:26:37,403 And Benjamin was dragged 438 00:26:37,503 --> 00:26:40,203 and beaten in front of his wife and children. 439 00:26:40,770 --> 00:26:43,303 Benji's brother-in-law, Luis, 440 00:26:43,403 --> 00:26:45,737 crossed the street and entered through that gate. 441 00:26:46,003 --> 00:26:47,603 I was literally wearing sandals. 442 00:26:47,770 --> 00:26:49,370 And tried to talk to them. 443 00:26:50,003 --> 00:26:52,770 They beat him with their machine guns, 444 00:26:52,970 --> 00:26:56,003 they kicked him to the ground and tied him up your hands with bracers, 445 00:26:56,103 --> 00:26:58,003 where they had tied Benji. 446 00:27:01,003 --> 00:27:04,537 And they packed them into their vehicles 447 00:27:04,637 --> 00:27:06,970 and then they left, 448 00:27:07,103 --> 00:27:09,970 and that was the last time we saw Benjamin and Luis. 449 00:27:14,403 --> 00:27:15,703 Benji 450 00:27:16,970 --> 00:27:18,970 and your entire team at SOS... 451 00:27:19,070 --> 00:27:23,437 They tried to tell the world that we do not accept this. 452 00:27:27,403 --> 00:27:31,737 They go to their homes, open the windows and kidnap them, 453 00:27:31,970 --> 00:27:34,403 and kill them a kilometer away of their homes. 454 00:27:42,470 --> 00:27:44,170 So it was here 455 00:27:45,570 --> 00:27:49,103 who found the bodies by Benjamin LeBaron and Luis Widmar. 456 00:27:51,003 --> 00:27:52,670 There was blood everywhere. 457 00:27:53,003 --> 00:27:55,070 His hands were tied on the back with... 458 00:27:55,537 --> 00:27:56,770 With the clamps. 459 00:27:57,003 --> 00:27:58,770 The two of them kneeling there, 460 00:27:59,003 --> 00:28:03,337 with heads bowed, 461 00:28:04,170 --> 00:28:06,337 as if they were trying to pray. 462 00:28:07,003 --> 00:28:09,970 They shot four times each, 463 00:28:10,070 --> 00:28:11,337 on the back of the head. 464 00:28:11,437 --> 00:28:12,737 And they just fell. 465 00:28:12,970 --> 00:28:14,470 Their heads were in pieces. 466 00:28:15,337 --> 00:28:17,970 And then they put up a sign that there were pr... 467 00:28:18,470 --> 00:28:20,103 Prefabricated or prepainted. 468 00:28:20,203 --> 00:28:22,970 A plaque... They hung it on this sign here. 469 00:28:23,137 --> 00:28:24,137 WARNING DRIVE CAREFULLY 470 00:28:25,203 --> 00:28:28,103 Basically threatening other members of the community. 471 00:28:33,970 --> 00:28:38,603 We paid a heavy price, very loud, with blood, 472 00:28:39,303 --> 00:28:41,570 for this message. 473 00:28:54,570 --> 00:28:55,570 NOVEMBER 2019 474 00:28:56,003 --> 00:28:57,770 EMERGENCY 475 00:28:58,237 --> 00:29:00,337 {\an5}With the victims recovering in this hospital, 476 00:29:00,437 --> 00:29:02,337 a relative of the family told us 477 00:29:02,437 --> 00:29:04,737 that most children He's already out of surgery. 478 00:29:04,970 --> 00:29:06,937 EMERGENCY 479 00:29:07,070 --> 00:29:09,937 Cody was the most... shot. 480 00:29:10,337 --> 00:29:13,003 I think there were five bullets in him. 481 00:29:13,537 --> 00:29:14,937 And one was in the mouth. 482 00:29:15,437 --> 00:29:18,970 And he was shot twice on the back of the leg, 483 00:29:19,070 --> 00:29:20,637 and his calf was really bad. 484 00:29:22,703 --> 00:29:25,770 Yes, Brixon was eight months old at the time. 485 00:29:26,003 --> 00:29:28,970 And the bullet hit his chest. 486 00:29:29,270 --> 00:29:31,637 That was what worried doctors most. 487 00:29:32,537 --> 00:29:34,603 Trying to keep them updated. 488 00:29:34,703 --> 00:29:37,103 Everyone is doing great, very well so far. 489 00:29:37,203 --> 00:29:39,337 Obviously, the excitement is kicking in. 490 00:29:40,170 --> 00:29:43,437 Brixon just got out of surgery, everything went well. 491 00:29:45,937 --> 00:29:46,937 Yes, Brixon... 492 00:29:47,003 --> 00:29:49,270 They kept him in the ICU for a long time. 493 00:29:49,370 --> 00:29:52,170 They said the concussion from the bullet, 494 00:29:52,303 --> 00:29:53,770 damaged the lungs. 495 00:29:54,003 --> 00:29:55,437 But he's doing well. 496 00:29:55,770 --> 00:29:57,670 Are you a happy baby? 497 00:29:58,237 --> 00:30:00,437 Are you happy now? Yes! 498 00:30:00,537 --> 00:30:02,003 Want more? 499 00:30:02,103 --> 00:30:04,003 Say, "Hi, family!" 500 00:30:04,270 --> 00:30:06,003 Say, "Hello, family!" 501 00:30:07,203 --> 00:30:08,437 SURVIVOR MCKENZIE LANGFORD 502 00:30:08,537 --> 00:30:10,003 McKenzie... 503 00:30:10,137 --> 00:30:14,470 Walked through the mountains for so long who had blisters on her feet. 504 00:30:14,703 --> 00:30:16,670 But it's going very well. 505 00:30:17,137 --> 00:30:18,703 We are very lucky. 506 00:30:19,070 --> 00:30:22,370 And so blessed for having this miracle with us. 507 00:30:22,603 --> 00:30:24,037 Ready? 508 00:30:25,270 --> 00:30:28,337 Let's walk slower. Good! 509 00:30:29,237 --> 00:30:30,803 Move your body. 510 00:30:31,037 --> 00:30:32,703 Cody was the most injured. 511 00:30:33,337 --> 00:30:36,803 Had to put up a sign, and had several mouth surgeries. 512 00:30:37,037 --> 00:30:39,070 They wait for the bone to grow back, 513 00:30:39,170 --> 00:30:42,603 because they ripped out three or four of your permanent teeth. 514 00:30:43,037 --> 00:30:44,137 SURVIVOR, CODY LANGFORD 515 00:30:44,237 --> 00:30:46,237 You have a huge family. Look! 516 00:30:47,037 --> 00:30:49,037 He's a soldier. You're doing well. 517 00:30:49,137 --> 00:30:50,603 It's great. 518 00:30:53,403 --> 00:30:55,770 They did a great job, I think... 519 00:30:56,070 --> 00:30:57,403 Why was it bad? 520 00:30:58,837 --> 00:31:00,570 It's been a long process. 521 00:31:04,103 --> 00:31:05,337 Possible major development. 522 00:31:05,437 --> 00:31:07,403 There are reports coming from Mexico this morning 523 00:31:07,503 --> 00:31:08,737 that an arrest has been made. 524 00:31:11,403 --> 00:31:14,403 On November 8, 2019 525 00:31:14,503 --> 00:31:17,070 we make an arrest, the first in the case. 526 00:31:17,203 --> 00:31:19,337 The first man arrested 527 00:31:19,470 --> 00:31:22,003 Coming from this tragedy, this massacre, 528 00:31:22,137 --> 00:31:23,803 It was someone known as "El Jano". 529 00:31:29,737 --> 00:31:33,137 When he was arrested, found on your cell phone 530 00:31:33,237 --> 00:31:35,803 a video that looks terrible just by description, 531 00:31:36,037 --> 00:31:40,037 because until now was not released to the public. 532 00:31:40,170 --> 00:31:44,103 As soon as they got "Jano" or "el Jano", as soon as they arrested him, 533 00:31:44,270 --> 00:31:45,870 it was basically 534 00:31:45,937 --> 00:31:50,137 when we find out who really massacred our family. 535 00:31:54,637 --> 00:31:58,170 {\an5}It was a criminal group with a specific objective. 536 00:31:58,270 --> 00:31:59,370 IN THE NEXT EPISODE 537 00:31:59,603 --> 00:32:03,237 One, two, three, four, five, six... 538 00:32:03,537 --> 00:32:05,097 I'll shoot you, I'll shoot you. 539 00:32:05,570 --> 00:32:08,203 I was already in the organization... 540 00:32:08,303 --> 00:32:10,803 I've been working with them for 15 years. 541 00:32:12,237 --> 00:32:16,370 When they got down and realized that they had played on women and children, 542 00:32:17,037 --> 00:32:18,603 why continue? 543 00:32:19,203 --> 00:32:20,503 Why set it on fire? 544 00:32:20,603 --> 00:32:22,770 Then they already knew they were killing women and children. 545 00:32:24,237 --> 00:32:25,737 Do you want me to read it out loud? 546 00:32:26,003 --> 00:32:28,437 "Sworn testimony of El Janos." 547 00:32:28,537 --> 00:32:30,403 There is even talk of... I haven't seen him, 548 00:32:30,503 --> 00:32:35,137 but there is talk of a brutal video on his cell phone, 549 00:32:35,237 --> 00:32:36,537 on El Jano's cell phone.