A Roman Catholic priest who was kidnapped in
western Mexico a week ago has been found shot
dead.
The body of Jose Alfredo Lopez Guillen was
found late on Saturday near the town of
Puruandiro in Michoacan state, prosecutors said.
He is the third priest to be found murdered in
Mexico in the past week.
Father Lopez Guillen had been robbed before
being abducted from his home last Monday in
Janamuato, Michoacan state, Church officials
said.
The Michoacan prosecutor's office said a post-
mortem examination showed the priest had been
killed several days before his body was found.
On the same day that he disappeared, the bodies
of two other priests who had vanished the day
before were found by a roadside in Veracruz, on
Mexico's east coast. They had also been shot
dead. It is not believed their deaths are linked to
that of Father Lopez Guillen.
His death brings the number of priests murdered
in Mexico since 2012 to 15, according to figures
from the Catholic Multimedia Center, which
monitors violence against clerics. A Roman Catholic priest who was kidnapped in
western Mexico a week ago has been found shot
dead.
The body of Jose Alfredo Lopez Guillen was
found late on Saturday near the town of
Puruandiro in Michoacan state, prosecutors said.
He is the third priest to be found murdered in
Mexico in the past week.
Father Lopez Guillen had been robbed before
being abducted from his home last Monday in
Janamuato, Michoacan state, Church officials
said.
The Michoacan prosecutor's office said a post-
mortem examination showed the priest had been
killed several days before his body was found.
On the same day that he disappeared, the bodies
of two other priests who had vanished the day
before were found by a roadside in Veracruz, on
Mexico's east coast. They had also been shot
dead. It is not believed their deaths are linked to
that of Father Lopez Guillen.
His death brings the number of priests murdered
in Mexico since 2012 to 15, according to figures
from the Catholic Multimedia Center, which
monitors violence against clerics.
Veracruz and Michoacan have been plagued by
years of violence from drug cartels and other
organised crime.
Veracruz and Michoacan have been plagued by
years of violence from drug cartels and other
organised crime.
Source: BBC.com
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