Officials announce more arrests in Sonora of suspects in slaying of Chihuahua priests
By Murphy Woodhouse
Published: Friday, July 8, 2022 - 4:14pm
Javier Campos Morales (left) and Joaquín César Mora Salazar
More arrests have been made in the murder case of two Jesuit priests in northern Mexico.
Earlier this month, six men were arrested by state and federal security forces in southern Sonora, near the state’s border with Chihuahua, where the murders took place. Assault weapons, ammunition and tactical gear were also seized.
Francisco Sergio Mendez, a representative of Mexico’s attorney general’s office in Sonora, said that several of those arrested are suspected participants in the June murder of priests Javier Campos Morales and César Mora Salazar, as well as tour guide Pedro Eliodoro Palma in the remote community of Cerocahui.
Separately, another federal security official confirmed the recent arrest of a single suspect in Mexicali who is thought to have been present when the priests were gunned down.
https://fronterasdesk.org/content/1793823/officials-announce-more-arrests-sonora-suspects-slaying-chihuahua-priests
