Jesuits remain in Mexican mountains after priests’ killings
Mexico City AP Two months after a pair of Jesuit priests were killed in a remote mountain community in northern Mexico, the suspected killer remains on the loose and townspeople are frightened, but the religious order says it is not leaving. The killings of Javier Campos and Joaquín Mora, as well as a tourism guide […]
Explainer: What led to priests being killed in Mexico?
Mexico City, MexicoAP Two Jesuit priests and a tour guide murdered in Mexico’s Sierra Tarahumara this week are the latest in a long line of activists, reporters, travellers and local residents who have been threatened or killed by criminal gangs that dominate the region. Revs Javier Campos, 79, and Joaquín Mora, 80, had spent much […]
Priests killed in Mexico devoted decades to remote region; Pope decries killings
Mexico City, Mexico AP Well before many roads were paved in Mexico’s remote Tarahumara mountains, Jesuit priest Javier Campos crisscrossed the area on a motorcycle. During five decades ministering to its impoverished communities, his familiar imitation of a rooster and love of singing earned him the nickname “Gallo”. His colleague Joaquín Mora was often at […]