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The Mennonite community is a Protestantanabaptist religious movement originating in Switzerland and Eastern Europe that fled repression in the course of the 16th century. Today the majority of Mennonites are distributed in many countries of North America and South America, as well as in Mexico where more than 100,000 of them live. Promoting a traditional and non-violent way of life, the most conservative are found in the state of Quintana Roo, west of the small town of Bacalar where the colony of 1,500 people is spread over nearly 5,000 hectares. their main activity is agriculture with the cultivation of beans, corn and oats.