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In a pair of attacks, gunmen opened fire on three SUVs, first upon a Chevrolet Tahoe and subsequently two Chevy Suburbans, that were carrying American Mexican independent fundamentalist Mormons [20] [1] of the extended LeBarón family, [21] en route the paved highway near Galeana, Chihuahua (after which Christina Langford planned to drive her ...
Elders Jeffrey Brent Ball and Todd Ray Wilson, two American missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) were killed in La Paz, Bolivia on May 24, 1989, by members of the Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación-Zarate Willka terrorist group who associated them and the church they represented with perceived American imperialist activities.
LDS Church Shot and killed May 4, 1912 Diaz, Galeana, Chihuahua, Mexico James D. Harvey LDS Church Shot and killed 49 August 27, 1912 Colonia Pacheco, Mexico Joshua Stevens LDS Church Killed by Mexican rebels 1915 San Marcos, Hidalgo, Mexico Rafael Monroy (branch president) [49] LDS Church Execution by Liberation Army of the South: 1915
The church's pamphlet "Priesthood Expounded" and other tracts became instrumental in the conversion of nine LDS Church missionaries of the church's French Mission to the LeBaron order, an incident that has been described as the "worst missionary apostasy in the history of the [LDS] Church". [26]
Martyrs in Mexico: A Mormon Story of Revolution and Redemption. (Provo: BYU Religious Studies Center, 2018). F. LaMond Tullis. Mormons in Mexico: The Dynamics of Faith and Culture. (Provo: Museo de Historia del Mormonismo en Mexico A. C., 1997) F. LaMond Tullis. "Mexico" in Arnold K. Garr, et al., ed. The Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History.
The Mormon colonies in Mexico are settlements located near the Sierra Madre mountains in northern Mexico which were established by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) beginning in 1885. [1]: 86–99 The colonists came to Mexico due to federal attempts to curb and prosecute polygamy in the United States.
Pages in category "American Mormon missionaries in Mexico" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
In 1989, the Zarate Willka Armed Forces of Liberation killed two American missionaries in Bolivia. [109] From 1999 to 2006, three LDS missionaries were murdered worldwide, while 22 died in accidents of some sort. [112] In 2008, three men from Port Shepstone, South Africa were convicted of raping and robbing two female LDS missionaries in June ...