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...
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