XALAPA , Ver - The Attorney General of Veracruz ( PGJE ) confirmed that two priests of the parish of the municipality of San Cristóbal Ixhuatlán Madero , in the Huasteca Veracruzana , were killed in the early hours of Friday.
The killing of the priests Hipólito Villalobos Lima and Nicolás Martínez Cruz comes less than two months after the complaint made by the Bishop of Apatzingán , Michoacan, Miguel Patiño Velasquez, in the sense that organized crime has taken over and corrupted mayors police officers in the state.
According to the attorney general of Veracruz, Amadeo Flores Espinoza, this afternoon were arrested four people who could be linked to the murder of the bishops , one of whom was stabbed to death and the other by asphyxiation.
The state official explained that the first data that have shed that members of the Catholic Church were executed inside the rectory , located a few meters from the City Hall and police headquarters.
" As a panel investigating officers to fully clarify the facts are integrated . The four people arrested are already paying his statement to the prosecution , "said the prosecutor in a statement .
Separately, the Diocese of Tuxpan , Veracruz , said the priests were found dead in the " parish " church .
" With deep sorrow we communicate the information received by the father Humberto Arce : Parents of the parish of San Cristobal in Ixhuatlán de Madero , Veracruz, ( ... ) were found this morning , murdered in the parish ," he said in a statement .
Father Hippolytus took possession of the church of San Cristóbal Ixhuatlán on December 3, 2012 , and that same year arrived in the parish vicar Nicholas Cruz .
On 28 September, a priest was attacked with a machete by a subject when I went to receive the Eucharist , in the municipality of City Island, also in Veracruz.
The incident occurred when the pastor gave Tomas Alonso Martinez Mass at the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus , located opposite the council offices .
Parishioners were formed to receive the Eucharist , and when he tried to give it to a man, this took a machete and attacked the priest , who was shouting " ' antichrist " and had gone to the temple to do justice .
The priest was admitted to a clinic in town with deep lesions in the left arm and leg , in addition to head injuries , which did not endanger his life.
The attacker, identified as Fernando "N " El Gato , was arrested by members of the Municipal Police, who determined that when the attack was under the influences of drugs .
On 15 October, the Bishop of Apatzingán , Michoacan, Miguel Patiño Velasquez, published a letter in which he indicated that organized crime has taken over city halls and corrupted cops.
In this letter , the prelate gave his vote of confidence in the authorities to end the scourge of insecurity, but questioned the few results so far .
In addition, on October 31 led a pilgrimage to pray for peace in the town .
The fact caused various reactions , including the bishop was guarded by soldiers in military facilities XLIII area before an imminent attack by organized crime.
In this sense , the pastor in charge of the cathedral Apatzingán , Salvador González , announced that at least seven priests of the urban region of the municipality have suffered threats and pressure from organized crime groups .
In the letter, Patiño Velasquez said that although it's small communities and know who the criminals are , no one has done anything.
Authorities possibly know where the criminals are , because "it is not a matter of now or is mysterious ," he said .
In Tamaulipas , the pastor Carlos Ornelas Puga disappeared since last Sunday in March and so far no one knows his whereabouts.
According to a spokesman for the Catholic Church of the entity , the priest assigned to the Diocese of Ciudad Victoria was deprived of his liberty by a group of armed men when he finished a Mass in the town of Jimenez.
The Tamaulipas authorities , he said , ignored the complaint filed with the Attorney General of the state, and was only four days after plagiarism when they decided to act .
He said that on 7 November a convoy of state police was sent to the village to investigate the incident, but the soldiers were ambushed .
In another development , the cleric Santiago Alvarez Figueroa disappeared Dec. 27 while heading to the community of Walls, in the town of Jiquilpan , Michoacan, after a Mass officiated .
Authorities have ruled that the disappearance of the religious has been the product of a car accident and even he and the vehicle were searched traveling on roads and canyons of the area , to no avail .
After the disappearance of the priest, the Diocese of Zamora explained that the last time he knew the priest was on December 27 , at the stroke of 21:00 pm , when contacted by telephone to tell a nun bound for Walls by federal Highway , where all traces were lost.
In this situation , religious , priests , family and faithful of the region and Jacona Jiquilpan have organized to try to find the cleric .
He was also filed a criminal complaint with the Regional Attorney for Zamora , who is investigating the disappearance , no progress so far.
In the government of Felipe Calderón were killed 12 priests , about 162 were threatened with death in one year and about a thousand were victims of extortion, according to a study by the Catholic Church, entitled "Increased aggression against priests in Mexico ."
Manuel Corral , spokesman for the Mexican Episcopal Conference ( CEM ), the governing body of the Catholic hierarchy said with concern : " The organized crime groups seek to intimidate everyone. Already have under their control to many government and police authorities. Now try to break the ecclesiastical authorities , to all who may have some religious leadership. "
The states with the highest incidence of crimes against priests are the Federal District , Chihuahua , Guerrero , Jalisco , Oaxaca , Veracruz , Michoacán , Hidalgo , Aguascalientes, Coahuila and Puebla.
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The killing of the priests Hipólito Villalobos Lima and Nicolás Martínez Cruz comes less than two months after the complaint made by the Bishop of Apatzingán , Michoacan, Miguel Patiño Velasquez, in the sense that organized crime has taken over and corrupted mayors police officers in the state.
According to the attorney general of Veracruz, Amadeo Flores Espinoza, this afternoon were arrested four people who could be linked to the murder of the bishops , one of whom was stabbed to death and the other by asphyxiation.
The state official explained that the first data that have shed that members of the Catholic Church were executed inside the rectory , located a few meters from the City Hall and police headquarters.
" As a panel investigating officers to fully clarify the facts are integrated . The four people arrested are already paying his statement to the prosecution , "said the prosecutor in a statement .
Separately, the Diocese of Tuxpan , Veracruz , said the priests were found dead in the " parish " church .
" With deep sorrow we communicate the information received by the father Humberto Arce : Parents of the parish of San Cristobal in Ixhuatlán de Madero , Veracruz, ( ... ) were found this morning , murdered in the parish ," he said in a statement .
Father Hippolytus took possession of the church of San Cristóbal Ixhuatlán on December 3, 2012 , and that same year arrived in the parish vicar Nicholas Cruz .
On 28 September, a priest was attacked with a machete by a subject when I went to receive the Eucharist , in the municipality of City Island, also in Veracruz.
The incident occurred when the pastor gave Tomas Alonso Martinez Mass at the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus , located opposite the council offices .
Parishioners were formed to receive the Eucharist , and when he tried to give it to a man, this took a machete and attacked the priest , who was shouting " ' antichrist " and had gone to the temple to do justice .
The priest was admitted to a clinic in town with deep lesions in the left arm and leg , in addition to head injuries , which did not endanger his life.
The attacker, identified as Fernando "N " El Gato , was arrested by members of the Municipal Police, who determined that when the attack was under the influences of drugs .
On 15 October, the Bishop of Apatzingán , Michoacan, Miguel Patiño Velasquez, published a letter in which he indicated that organized crime has taken over city halls and corrupted cops.
In this letter , the prelate gave his vote of confidence in the authorities to end the scourge of insecurity, but questioned the few results so far .
In addition, on October 31 led a pilgrimage to pray for peace in the town .
The fact caused various reactions , including the bishop was guarded by soldiers in military facilities XLIII area before an imminent attack by organized crime.
In this sense , the pastor in charge of the cathedral Apatzingán , Salvador González , announced that at least seven priests of the urban region of the municipality have suffered threats and pressure from organized crime groups .
In the letter, Patiño Velasquez said that although it's small communities and know who the criminals are , no one has done anything.
Authorities possibly know where the criminals are , because "it is not a matter of now or is mysterious ," he said .
In Tamaulipas , the pastor Carlos Ornelas Puga disappeared since last Sunday in March and so far no one knows his whereabouts.
According to a spokesman for the Catholic Church of the entity , the priest assigned to the Diocese of Ciudad Victoria was deprived of his liberty by a group of armed men when he finished a Mass in the town of Jimenez.
The Tamaulipas authorities , he said , ignored the complaint filed with the Attorney General of the state, and was only four days after plagiarism when they decided to act .
He said that on 7 November a convoy of state police was sent to the village to investigate the incident, but the soldiers were ambushed .
In another development , the cleric Santiago Alvarez Figueroa disappeared Dec. 27 while heading to the community of Walls, in the town of Jiquilpan , Michoacan, after a Mass officiated .
Authorities have ruled that the disappearance of the religious has been the product of a car accident and even he and the vehicle were searched traveling on roads and canyons of the area , to no avail .
After the disappearance of the priest, the Diocese of Zamora explained that the last time he knew the priest was on December 27 , at the stroke of 21:00 pm , when contacted by telephone to tell a nun bound for Walls by federal Highway , where all traces were lost.
In this situation , religious , priests , family and faithful of the region and Jacona Jiquilpan have organized to try to find the cleric .
He was also filed a criminal complaint with the Regional Attorney for Zamora , who is investigating the disappearance , no progress so far.
In the government of Felipe Calderón were killed 12 priests , about 162 were threatened with death in one year and about a thousand were victims of extortion, according to a study by the Catholic Church, entitled "Increased aggression against priests in Mexico ."
Manuel Corral , spokesman for the Mexican Episcopal Conference ( CEM ), the governing body of the Catholic hierarchy said with concern : " The organized crime groups seek to intimidate everyone. Already have under their control to many government and police authorities. Now try to break the ecclesiastical authorities , to all who may have some religious leadership. "
The states with the highest incidence of crimes against priests are the Federal District , Chihuahua , Guerrero , Jalisco , Oaxaca , Veracruz , Michoacán , Hidalgo , Aguascalientes, Coahuila and Puebla.
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