Families in US enclave in north Mexico hold sad Thanksgiving.
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Lenzo Widmar, who lost a cousin and a childhood friend in the massacre, said this Thanksgiving brought more reflection about how to bring peace. Widmar, 43, was born and raised in Colonia LeBaron, where farmers run cattle and grow pecans. There were about 15 people at his house for the holiday meal. Born in Mexico, with a Mexican mother, LeBaron said there are some local touches to the meal at his sister’s house, where about three dozen people gathered to eat dishes like brisket tacos with Mexicans salsa.“It’s awful quiet. You can usually hear noise around here,” LeBaron said of the small farming community. “It’s kind of lonely. I think a lot of people decided to have Thanksgiving in the United States.
The farmers are used to change and challenge. Decades ago they started planting pecan trees, and about 10 years ago Widmar’s family switched totally from water-hungry crops like alfalfa and corn to drip irrigation and pecans. Earlier this week, the LeBaron community was caught up in a fierce debate on social media after U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations — something some of the LeBaron community had urged him to do.
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