{"id":1847,"date":"2019-11-06T10:30:06","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T17:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=1847"},"modified":"2019-11-06T15:32:46","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T22:32:46","slug":"democrats-victim-blame-american-mormon-family-killed-in-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=1847","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Victim-Blame American Mormon Family Killed in Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by Michael Palomba<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

It\u2019s no secret that Mexico suffers from a major problem with violent crime. It was just last month that El Chapo\u2019s son was captured by Mexican officials <\/span>and then released<\/span><\/a> due to fear of major conflict between the Mexican government and the drug cartels.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, it is not every day that American citizens become the direct target of this violence. <\/span>On Monday, at least three women and six children from a well-known Mormon family were murdered in northern Mexico. The gunmen are believed to be members of a criminal organization in Mexico.<\/span><\/p>\n

The LeBar\u00f3n family has lived in a Mormon fundamentalist community near the border for nearly a century. They were attacked while traveling in three separate vehicles. One child was gunned down while running away, while others were trapped inside a burning car. <\/span>Two of the children killed were less than a year old.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you know there are babies tied in a car seat that are burning because of some twisted evil that\u2019s in this world,\u201d Mr. LeBar\u00f3n said, \u201cit\u2019s just hard to cope with that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Three women, an 11-year old boy, a 9-year old girl, a 4-year old boy, and a 6-year old girl were also killed. <\/span>The tragedy rippled through both the U.S. and Mexico, even prompting a strong response<\/a> from President Trump who said it is time \u201cto wage WAR on the drug cartels and wipe them off the face of the earth.\u201d He offered assistance from US troops, only awaiting acceptance from the Mexican President.<\/span><\/p>\n

Never missing a chance to be absolutely terrible and despicable, several mainstream media news sources decided the proper way to cover the tragedy was to victim blame.<\/p>\n

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Is the idea here that the victims had it coming? This is an insane piece. https:\/\/t.co\/8xEVTZnVez<\/a><\/p>\n

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) November 6, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n