recent years. From 2012 to 2017 alone, it is estimated that 30,000 Mexican Mennonites relocated to Canada. A 2020 survey found that there are more than 200 Mennonite colonies in nine Latin American countries, with 66 in Mexico. Film The Mexican Mennonite community was the setting for the 2007 film Stellet Licht by acclaimed Mexican director Carlos Reygadas. See also Queso Chihuahua Mormon colonies in Mexico Literature Harry Leonard Sawatzky: They Sought a Country: Mennonite Colonization in Mexico, Berkeley, CA et al. 1971. Harry Leonard Sawatzky: Sie suchten eine Heimat : deutsch-mennonitische Kolonisierung in Mexiko, 1922 - 1984, Marburg 1986. (Not just a translation of the English book, but a distinct publication) Walter Schmiedehaus: Die Altkolonier-Mennoniten in Mexiko, Winnipeg 1982 References External links Mexican Farmers Exploring Tatarstan Agribusiness at The Kazan Herald Mexico at Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online Protective Retreat: Mexico's Mennonites Consider a New Migration - The World and I "Data for "Pious Pioneers: The expansion of Mennonite colonies in Latin America"", This data is provided in support of the paper "Pious Pioneers: The expansion of Mennonite colonies in Latin America", published in the Journal of Land Use Science, December 15, 2020, 1–17 Canadian diaspora in Mexico German diaspora in North America Russian Mennonite diaspora in Mexico Ukrainian diaspora in North America