The Secret History of LeBaronism (Patreon)

Of all the fundamentalist Mormon sects, none is more notorious than the LeBarons. For nearly 60 years now, they've been constantly enmeshed in controversy. It all started with Ervil LeBaron, the so-called "Mormon Manson."

In reality, the Family were little more than peace loving hippies in comparison to the LeBarons. Over several decades, Ervil's followers left a trail of bodies across Mexico and the United States. Nor did the killings stop when Ervil died in 1981. In the aftermath, they continued apace while his followers transformed the family cult into a ruthless criminal syndicate, one that frequently rubbed elbows with Mexican cartels.

In the twenty-first century, the family theoretically cleaned up its acts. But rumblings of ongoing links to cartels, arm trafficking, and terror directed at Indigenous communities persisted. Things came to a head in the late 2010s, when the Lebarons turned up one of the most shocking massacres attributed to a cartel while also being linked to one of the most notorious cults/sex rings of the twenty-first century.

2025 is proving to be another banner year for the family. A LeBaron is the central figure in one of the largest cryptocurrency scandals of the 2020s. It involves not only the Argentinian government, but the Trump family. And through Argentina's murky relationship with Timothy Ballard, it may even link back to the KIrk assassination...

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References

Anderson, Scott. The 4 O'Clock Murders: The True Story of a Mormon Family's Vengeance. New York. Doubleday. 1993.

Bradlee Jr., Ben & Van Atta, Dale. Prophet of Blood: The Untold Story of Ervil LeBaron and the Lamb of God. New York. G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1981.

Denton, Sally. The Colony: Faith and Blood In a Promised Land. New York. Liveright Publishing Corporation. 2022.

Foster, Craig L. & Watson, Marianne T. American Polygamy: A History of Fundamentalist Mormon Faith. Charleston, SC. The History Press. 2019.

Zavala, Oswaldo. Drug Cartels Do Not Exist: Nacro-Trafficking and Culture in the US and Mexico. Nashville. Vanderbilt University Press. 2022.

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