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Word: ensenada (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Ervil started his own sect, the Church of the Lamb of God, in San Diego. He also began writing tracts claiming the authority to execute anyone who refused to accept him as God's representative. Less than two years later, Joel was shot dead in nearby Ensenada, Mexico...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: A Deadly Messenger of God | 8/29/1977 | See Source »

Within 30 months of the raid, at least ten other opponents of Ervil's new church had either disappeared or were found dead. Among those missing are an Ensenada woman who sided with Joel LeBaron's sect rather than Ervil's, and Utah Polygamist Robert Hunt Simons, whose disappearance came after his wife and a daughter refused to move in with LeBaron. Shot and killed in National City, Calif., was 7-ft. Dean Grover Vest, a follower of Ervil LeBaron's who had begun saying he could do without...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: A Deadly Messenger of God | 8/29/1977 | See Source »

After Joel's 1972 murder, Ervil was found guilty in Ensenada of being the "intellectual author" of the crime and was sentenced to twelve years in prison. Ervil spent twelve months in jail before a Mexican appeals court overturned the conviction. The lubricant for the reversal, according to one of Joel LeBaron's followers, was a bribe to local officials. Ervil later spent ten months in Mexican prisons while waiting to go on trial for the Los Molinos raid. But he was eventually released-once more after the intervention of some influential Mexican officials...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: A Deadly Messenger of God | 8/29/1977 | See Source »

...where goods could be off-loaded and shipped by train or truck to their destinations. Ship captains are permitted to drop cargoes at any "port of convenience" in the event of a strike. Many have decided to do just that, thereby considerably changing life around Vancouver, B.C., and Ensenada, Mexico-ports just across the Western U.S. borders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Labor: Dead Days on the Docks | 9/13/1971 | See Source »

Traffic in Vancouver's modestly equipped harbor has doubled, causing major delays for unhappy Canadian shippers. In the sleepy resort town of Ensenada, the scene is even more hectic. Dozens of ships wait in line as long as three weeks for one of three berths, where Mexican laborers sometimes work 36-hour shifts to unload them. Since the strike began, Ensenada crews have loaded or unloaded 64 ships, more than they normally see in a year. Much of the cargo is simply moved to vacant lots until it can be hauled to the U.S. Some 3,700 Volkswagens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Labor: Dead Days on the Docks | 9/13/1971 | See Source »

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