Their ancestors were slain a century ago along the US-Mexico border. They say now is the time to ret
Their ancestors were slain a century ago along the US-Mexico border. They say now is the time to retell the horror
By Rosa Flores, CNN
Video by Lauren Cook, CNN
Updated 1:15 PM ET, Sat July 20, 2019
Hidalgo County, Texas (CNN)From the sedan's back seat, Melba Coody watched as the mesquite-lined flatland of South Texas rushed by. About a century ago, she explained, her family owned all this property, as far as the eye could see.
Christine Molis, her hands on the wheel, knew that already, of course. It was a critical detail of the story her 76-year-old mother was about to retell, the story of what happened in this place -- the single event that, in their view, altered their family's destiny.
The narrative had always been there, in relatives' musings about what might have become of the family's wealth and influence if not for the killings so long ago of hundreds of Mexican-Americans by members of the vaunted Texas Rangers who took justice into their own hands.
The saga -- known as La Matanza, or The Massacre -- had recently crept onto the public stage with a push for historical markers acknowledging the slayings, along with the era's anti-Mexican rhetoric and unequal treatment of Americans of Mexican descent in the border region.
More:
https://us.cnn.com/2019/07/20/us/texas-massacre-descendants-border-immigration/index.html
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Stunning, horrible racism. It threads thru the history of this country. 
Folks, read the CNN article.
Thanks for posting it here, Judi Lynn.
