Two kidnapped priests found dead in Mexico

[Judi Lynn]

Two kidnapped priests found dead in Mexico

The men's bodies were found just hours after they were kidnapped in the Veracruz city of Poza Rica.

By The Associated Press
Mon., Sept. 19, 2016

MEXICO CITY—Two priests were found dead Monday, hours after they were abducted in Mexico’s Gulf coast state of Veracruz.

The Veracruz state prosecutors’ office said the two men were kidnapped Sunday in the northern Veracruz city of Poza Rica. Their bodies were found dumped in a field by a roadside Monday.

A third man who was abducted with them, identified as the priests’ driver, was later found alive and put under protection, officials said.

The Mexican Council of Bishops identified the dead men as priests Alejo Nabor Jimenez Juarez and Jose Alfredo Juarez de la Cruz. They were kidnapped from a low-income neighbourhood where they served.

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[Judi Lynn]

1. Two missing Catholic priests found murdered in Mexico

Two missing Catholic priests found murdered in Mexico

Two Mexican priests have been murdered after they were abducted from their church in the oil-rich state of Veracruz. The state has been the scene of bloody turf wars between drug gangs.

20.09.2016

Two Mexican priests were found murdered Monday, just hours after they were kidnapped from the low-income neighborhood where they served in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz.

Prosecutors said the two men were abducted from their church in the state's northern city of Poza Rica on Sunday. The priests were found with bullet wounds in the municipality of Papantla, close to where they were kidnapped.

A third man, a church assistant, managed to escape the kidnappers. He was found on Monday and put under police protection.

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The Catholic Multimedia Center, which monitors attacks against religious leaders in the country, said the deaths of the two priests means that 14 priests, one seminarian and one sacristan have been killed since President Enrique Pena Nieto took office in December 2012. The whereabouts of two other priests remains unknown.

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http://www.dw.com/en/two-missing-catholic-priests-found-murdered-in-mexico/a-19562676