According to the Mennonite Mob story, they were forced into narco
traffic by financial circumstances. Water problems hurt farming --
nothing else to do for a living. If the story is true it will rate
more than a single article. The Canadian national media is sure to
pick it up.

On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 2:12 PM, John Spence<jespence97@...> wrote:
>
>
> Interesting, however, since the original article in Saturday Night is not
> online, we can only read secondhand reporting of it.
>
> If it is true, it would be very interesting to hear the ethical argument
> that would permit these Mennonites to violate laws both secular and divine.
>
> On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 1:49 PM, Richard Collins <writcheyC@...> wrote:
>>
>>
>> This is an interesting tidbit.
>>
>> The same week, a shocking feature story in the Canadian magazine
>> Saturday Night is published. It is titled "The Mennonite Mob" and is a
>> disturbing exposé of drug trafficking into Canada by Mennonites from
>> Mexico. I speak to a friend, a Mennonite, about the article. She has
>> read it and is "horrified," but suggests that wrong-doing is not
>> unknown in Mennonite communities. The facts presented in the article
>> relate to very serious crimes allegedly committed by Mennonites. This
>> is an invasion of the very worst of secular culture. But I suspect
>> that Mennonites, whether Old Colony or of a more contemporary world
>> view, will deal with this new threat to their community in their own
>> way.
>>
>> http://www.offbeattravel.com/mexican-mennonites.html
>>
>> Apparently, the Mexican colony has fallen on hard times due to water
>> shortages. Many are going back to Canada where they face huge
>> challenges.
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 11:51 AM, John Spence<jespence97@...> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > Yet this was a personal problem involving the kidnapping of his brother.
>> > He
>> > had an obligation to protest.
>>
>> >
>> > On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Richard Collins <writcheyC@...>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> http://wwrn.org/article.php?idd=31303
>> >>
>> >> Sobering news for expats. It is never wise to mix in your host country
>> >> politics, no matter how nobly inspired. This country and it's problems
>> >> belong to the Mexicans to work out. Ex-pats should not intervene even
>> >> in the
>> >> best of times, and this is not the best of times.
>> >
>> >
>> >
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>> > can't.
>> >
>>
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