Tag: Chihuahua

Mexican pastor survives assassination attempt

August 16, 2018 Mexico Chihuahua, Churches, Juarez, Latin America, Mexico, Organised crime

A Mexican pastor who survived an assassination attempt in the notorious border city of Juarez in June says he was targeted because his church’s work is seen to negatively impact upon the efforts of drug cartels. A hitman entered the pastor’s home on 12 June, making him kneel down on . . . Read More

The Mexican bishop who negotiates with the cartels

July 6, 2018 Mexico Catholics, Chihuahua, Guerrero, Juarez, Kidnapping, Latin America, Mexico, Organised crime

A bishop in the Mexican state of Guerrero, notorious for its narcotics production and drug traffickers, has developed his own way of dealing with cartels – by negotiating, La Croix reports. Local communities frequently suffer because of the conflicts between rival gangs. In 2017, there were seven murders per day . . . Read More

Mexican pastor killed, nine years on from son’s murder

June 28, 2018 Mexico Chihuahua, Corruption, Juarez, Kidnapping, Latin America, Mexico, Organised crime, Youth

A Mexican pastor interviewed last year by World Watch Monitor was shot dead earlier this month in another exhibition of lawlessness in the troubled city of Juarez, which is just across the border from El Paso, Texas. Eduardo ‘Lalo’ Garcia was shot at least six times on 8 June, as . . . Read More

Christians easy targets in Mexico’s lawless borderlands

April 6, 2017 Mexico Chihuahua, Juarez, Latin America, Organised crime

The Governor of Mexico’s northern state of Chihuahua, Javier Corral, admitted last week that his government does not have the means to tackle organised crime, and that he’s asked for federal resources to fight the drug cartels. This came four days after the murder of a local journalist, who’d reported . . . Read More

Mexico ‘in denial’ over Christians forced out of homes for their beliefs

December 4, 2016 Mexico Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Tuxpan de Bolaños, Veracruz

Twelve of the 30 evangelical Christians evicted from the village of Tuxpan de Bolaños in Jalisco in January. Courtesy Open Doors International Mexico has a “policy of denial” about the thousands of evangelical Christians forced out of their homes because of their beliefs, according to a Mexican human rights activist. . . . Read More

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