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Kidnappers free rancher related to former U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney

By Daniel Borunda
El Paso Times
Posted: 06/17/2009 10:21:11 PM MDT

Kidnappers have released a Chihuahua rancher and Mormon leader who is a distant relative of former U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney, Chihuahua state police confirmed Wednesday night.

Meredith Romney was kidnapped Monday near his ranch outside the town of Janos, about 140 miles southwest of Juárez. It was unclear whether he was freed because a ransom was paid.

Gunmen shot out the tires of Romney's truck and forced him into another vehicle. They left his wife and grandson behind, relatives in Utah told the Salt Lake Tribune.

Meredith Romney is a former president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in Colonia Juárez, a Mormon colony founded by Americans in the 1880s in Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, according to the church's Web Site.

The Romney family has roots in Mexico. Mitt Romney's father, former Michigan Gov. George Romney, was born in a Mormon community in the state of Chihuahua.

In Juárez, the violence continued with at least three more homicides as of Wednesday evening, including an afternoon shooting on a rutera bus that killed the driver and a passenger and wounded another passenger, state police said.

Daniel Borunda may be reached at dborunda@elpasotimes.com; 546-6102.

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"The Romney family has roots in Mexico. Mitt Romney's father, former Michigan Gov. George Romney, was born in a Mormon community in the state of Chihuahua."

This is why most powerful Southwestern lawmakers, most of whom are Mormons, believe in "open borders" even if they are Republicans. All religious organizations teach "internationalism" as a part of their religious beliefs. However, this should have nothing to do with enforcing and/or abiding by the laws of a secular nation state.