One County, Two Big Problems
It turns out that the local Mennonite community in Seminole has also been a regular stop on a drug smuggling route that runs from northern Mexico all the way to Canada. The smugglers: Yep, other Mennonites.
One County, Two Big Problems
It turns out that the local Mennonite community in Seminole has also been a regular stop on a drug smuggling route that runs from northern Mexico all the way to Canada. The smugglers: Yep, other Mennonites.
Although it borders our home state of New Mexico, I'd never heard of Gaines County, Texas, or its County seat, the town of Seminole — until the two became the epicenter of a major current outbreak of measles.
Gaines County is home to a traditional Mennonite community, one where childhood vaccination is treated with suspicion. That has resulted in plenty of new measles cases, mostly among children, and finally, the first fatality in the US in many years.
The victim was a 6 year-old girl.
More on the story:
West Texans, Mennonites at center of measles outbreak choose medical freedom over vaccine mandates
But that's not all: It turns out that the local Mennonite community in Seminole has also been a regular stop on a drug smuggling route that runs from northern Mexico all the way to Canada. The smugglers: Yep, other Mennonites. They come from a sister community south of the border.
Drug trafficking isn't something we normally associate with old-school religious...
Gaines County is home to a traditional Mennonite community, one where childhood vaccination is treated with suspicion. That has resulted in plenty of new measles cases, mostly among children, and finally, the first fatality in the US in many years.
The victim was a 6 year-old girl.
More on the story:
West Texans, Mennonites at center of measles outbreak choose medical freedom over vaccine mandates
But that's not all: It turns out that the local Mennonite community in Seminole has also been a regular stop on a drug smuggling route that runs from northern Mexico all the way to Canada. The smugglers: Yep, other Mennonites. They come from a sister community south of the border.
Drug trafficking isn't something we normally associate with old-school religious...
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