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Third Mexican priest found dead
Source: Reuters
Third Mexican priest found dead
Reuters in Mexico City
Monday 26 September 2016 10.38 BST
A Mexican priest has been found murdered in Michoacan, the attorney general for the central state has said, the third to be killed in the country in less than a week.
The priest in Michoacan, identified as Jose Alfredo Lopez Guillen, was found on a highway between Puruandiro and Zinaparo.
The priest had been shot dead and the autopsy suggested he had been killed five days before his body was found, the state attorney general’s office said on Sunday.
Mexico has endured years of drug-related violence, which has frequently touched the Roman Catholic church. In the 10 years to 2015, 31 priests were killed according to Christian Solidarity Worldwide, a rights group.
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Reuters in Mexico City
Monday 26 September 2016 10.38 BST
A Mexican priest has been found murdered in Michoacan, the attorney general for the central state has said, the third to be killed in the country in less than a week.
The priest in Michoacan, identified as Jose Alfredo Lopez Guillen, was found on a highway between Puruandiro and Zinaparo.
The priest had been shot dead and the autopsy suggested he had been killed five days before his body was found, the state attorney general’s office said on Sunday.
Mexico has endured years of drug-related violence, which has frequently touched the Roman Catholic church. In the 10 years to 2015, 31 priests were killed according to Christian Solidarity Worldwide, a rights group.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/26/third-mexican-priest-found-dead
