However, due to this reasoning (and the theory of the men's side), the situation was not able to be resolved... A group of female refugees, exiled from Mexico, became embroiled in a conflict over their immigration that escalated into full combat which ended with the total annihilation of both the witches and the border guards. In the wake of this incident, all men converted to the hard-line camp. Civil war had finally broken out within the nation, a struggle between men and women.