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- Leader of ranch: Warren Jeffs
- Ranch first built: 2003
- Bought by FLDS in 2004 for $700,000CBS News: Busload Of Girls Leaves Polygamist Ranch, Police Remove Children From Fundamentalist Mormon Compound After Complaint Was Made (April 4, 2008)
- Size of ranch: 1,700 acresThe New York Times: 52 Girls Are Taken From Polygamist Sect’s Ranch in Texas (April 5, 2008)
- Location: 160 miles Northwest of San Antonio, Texas
- FLDS refuses to recognize Mormon Church's disavowal of polygamy
- "YFZ" stands for "Yearning for Zion"
- In 2007, Jeffs was convicted on two counts of being an accomplice to rape and was sentenced to 10 years to life in prisonThe New York Times: 52 Girls Are Taken From Polygamist Sect’s Ranch in Texas (April 5, 2008)
- 18 children (age 6-17) were taken into state custody from YFZThe New York Times: 52 Girls Are Taken From Polygamist Sect’s Ranch in Texas (April 5, 2008)
- More than 400 children were taken into custody during the course of the investigationDeseret News: Lawyers want to seal FLDS case (March 30, 2009)
- All but one have been returnedDeseret News: Lawyers want to seal FLDS case (March 30, 2009)
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The YFZ Ranch is a Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) compound located in Eldorado, Texas. On April 4, 2008, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services representatives, accompanied by local law enforcement officials, removed 52 girls from the polygamous sect's property. Allegations of sex abuse emerged when a 16-year-old girl living on the ranch called child protective services. Over 400 children were removed during the investigation, all but one of the children have been returned to their families.The New York Times: 52 Girls Are Taken From Polygamist Sect’s Ranch in Texas (April 5, 2008)
Lawyers for members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints are asking a judge to seal the abuse case of a 17-year-old girl and return any evidence seized from the YFZ Ranch in a motion filed in March 2009. A hearing on the motion has not yet been scheduled.Deseret News: Lawyers want to seal FLDS case (March 30, 2009)
Nearly a year after the raid of the YFZ Ranch, Oprah Winfrey takes her viewers behind the gates of the YFZ Ranch to explore what life on the ranch is like. Oprah's look at the YFZ Ranch will air on The Oprah Winfrey Show on March 30, 2009.Oprah.com: Behind the Yearning for Zion Gates (March 30, 2009)
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YFZ Ranch News
- Wikipedia: YFZ Ranch
- The Eldorado Success: YFZ Ranch Menu
- Deseret News: Lawyers want to seal FLDS case (March 30, 2009)
- Oprah.com: Oprah Visits the Yearning for Zion Ranch (March 30, 2009)
- San Angelo Standard Times: Quest to discover child's ID lingers (March 29, 2009)
- Caller Times: A closer look inside Yearning for Zion (March 28, 2009)
- Fort Worth Star Telegram: Oprah to air show on YFZ Ranch (March 27, 2009)
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@sampada Err... Maybe you should add the words, mormon, YFZ Ranch, raids, ElDorado in the margin. Might ring a bell
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