Priest killed in Mexico; ninth under the current administration
Mexico City, MexicoAP A Roman Catholic priest has been killed in the western Mexican state of Michoacan, the ninth killed during the administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The church’s Catholic Multimedia Center identified the priest Rev Javier García Villafaña, who had been assigned to the Capacho parish in Huandacareo just one month earlier. The […]
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Priests differ on call to arms in violence-torn Mexico state
Mexico CityAP Even for the violence-wracked Mexican state of Michoacan, it was surprising when a priest called from the pulpit for parishioners to arm themselves against warring drug gangs. “The cartel gunmen come, they take the livestock, they screw your wife and daughter, and you do nothing,” Rev Alfredo Gallegos said in a sermon. ”Well, […]
Bloody Mexican election campaign exposes chronic security woes
Mexico City, MexicoReuters Abel Murrieta was handing out campaign flyers on the street this month when a gunman shot him in broad daylight at point-blank range, making him the latest candidate murdered in one of the bloodiest election campaigns in Mexico’s recent history. Running for mayor in mid-term elections on 6th June, Murrieta died in […]