Tag: Guerrero

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

Two priests murdered in Mexico as gang attacks against religious leaders continue

February 8, 2018 Mexico Coahuila, Guerrero, Juarez, Latin America, Mexico, Nayarit, Veracruz

In the early morning of Monday 5 February, two priests were shot dead while travelling on the Iguala-Taxco highway of Mexico’s notorious Guerrero state. Fr. Germain Muñiz Garcia and Fr. Iván Añorve Jaimes, from a church in Veracruz state, were reported killed by the Catholic News Agency. Their attackers fled . . . Read More

Mexico still ‘most dangerous country to be a priest’

June 13, 2017 Mexico Catholics, Guerrero, Jalisco, Organised crime

A bishop forced to pay protection money to use his own cathedral is the latest example of why, for the eighth year running, Mexico is considered the most dangerous country to be a Catholic priest. The Catholic Media Centre’s latest annual report says at least 15 priest have been murdered . . . 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

Three priests killed, another tortured in Mexico

November 15, 2016 Mexico Catholics, Guerrero, Kidnapping, Mexico, Michoacán, Organised crime, State of Mexico, Torture, Veracruz

Three Roman Catholic priests have been murdered and another tortured in Mexico since September, reports the Associated Press. Rev. Jose Luis Sanchez Ruiz was found alive three days after his abduction in Catemaco town, Veracruz state, with ‘visible signs of torture’ according to a Roman Catholic Church statement. His kidnap . . . Read More

Another Mexican Protestant suffers

September 16, 2015 Mexico Catholics, Chiapas, Exile, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Human rights, Lauro Pérez Núñez, Mexico, Oaxaca, Protestants, Puebla

A Mexican Protestant recently detained for the third time by local authorities has now seen his three children banned from attending the local school and his home cut off from the village’s water and electricity services. His crime? Attending an Evangelical church. The state Ombudsman in Oaxaca has publicly condemned . . . Read More

Mexican Priest’s body found on Christmas Day

December 30, 2014 Mexico Christmas, Guerrero, Kidnapping, Mexico, Organised crime

CNN reports that the body of Rev. Gregorio Lopez was found shot dead on Christmas Day after being kidnapped in Mexico’s south-western drug cartel state Guerrero. The motive for the killing remains unclear, but he is the third priest to be killed in the state this year. “A friend of . . . Read More

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