Third priest killed in dangerous southern Mexico

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1. Third Mexican Priest Murdered In State Where 43 Student Activists Were Abducted And Killed

Third Mexican Priest Murdered In State Where 43 Student Activists Were Abducted And Killed
By Angelo Young @angeloyoung_ [e-mail] on December 26 2014 2:48 PM



[font size=1]Gregorio López Gorostieta, 39. Ciudad Altamirano Diocese Facebook Page [/font]

The body of Gregorio López Gorostieta, who disappeared late Sunday in Mexico’s southern Guerrero state, was found on Christmas Day by a highway near the seminary where the priest lived, a local bishop said Friday. This is the third execution of a priest this year in a state that’s plagued with murderous drug gangs and corrupt local politics.

Maximino Martínez Miranda, bishop of the diocese in Ciudad Altamirano, 170 miles southeast of Mexico City, released a statement confirming that López Gorostieta was found with a gunshot wound to the head, four days after he disappeared late Sunday after hosting several pre-Christmas masses.

“We call on all federal, state and municipal authorities to clarify the facts and bring justice for the death of so many brothers and sisters in the state of Guerrero,” Martínez said.

Other priests arriving for Christmas Mass in Cuidad Altamirano saw strangers force the 39-year-old priest from his truck late Sunday around midnight and said “outsiders” were seen earlier in the day casing the seminar’s facilities, Martínez told La Jornada newspaper.

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