Will The Last Sane Person to Leave Mexico Please Turn Off the Lights?
A priest who went missing in Mexico has been found dead on an isolated country road.
The priest is the latest victim in a string of murders in the country.
The body of Fr Erasmo Pliego de Jesus was discovered in Nopalucan municipality in the Mexican state of Puebla on Monday.
According to the state prosecutor he was found with head injuries and burn marks on several parts of his body.
His death brings the number of priests killed in Mexico since 2013 to 11, with another two still missing.
The motive for the killings is unclear but it is thought that some priests have been targeted for opposing drug cartels and criminal gangs.
From the CIA World Factbook, the religious make-up of Mexico:
Roman Catholic 82.7%, Pentecostal 1.6%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.4%, other Evangelical Churches 5%, other 1.9%, none 4.7%, unspecified 2.7% (2010 est.)
The priest is the latest victim in a string of murders in the country.
The body of Fr Erasmo Pliego de Jesus was discovered in Nopalucan municipality in the Mexican state of Puebla on Monday.
According to the state prosecutor he was found with head injuries and burn marks on several parts of his body.
His death brings the number of priests killed in Mexico since 2013 to 11, with another two still missing.
The motive for the killings is unclear but it is thought that some priests have been targeted for opposing drug cartels and criminal gangs.
From the CIA World Factbook, the religious make-up of Mexico:
Roman Catholic 82.7%, Pentecostal 1.6%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.4%, other Evangelical Churches 5%, other 1.9%, none 4.7%, unspecified 2.7% (2010 est.)
posted by jope @ November 19, 2015
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