Commentary: What the media isn’t saying about the history of Mormon polygamy in Mexico

(Tribune file photo) Polygamists while incarcerated at the territorial prison in Salt Lake City.

(Tribune file photo) Polygamists while incarcerated at the territorial prison in Salt Lake City.

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