During the late 19th century, polygamy was frowned upon in the United States and by 1890, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had officially abandoned its practice of this. A group of dedicated Mormons moved to Northern Mexico to continue their practice of polygamy away from the scrutiny of society. Among the many Mormons who moved to Northern Mexico was Alma Dayer Lebaron Sn. who was excommunicated from the LDS church in 1924 and went on to start a farm for his family under the name “Colonia Lebaron”, it was located in Galeana, Chihuahua. Ervil was a member of his father’s church until 1972 when his desire for sole power overcame him and he broke away from the rest of the family to start his own church, The Church of the Lamb of God. This ‘church’ propagated the religious doctrine of blood atonement to justify the murders of numerous people.