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Catholic priest killed in a cartel shooting in Mexico

On the 12th of June, a Mexican priest lost his life in a shooting between two cartels. He had been serving in the region of Zacatecas, a centre of cartel fights, for six months.

 

A thirty-three-year-old Franciscan priest, Father Antonio Orozco Alvarado, appointed to his post in the region of Zacatecas only six months ago, was killed in Pajaritos during a shootout between a Sinaloa gang and the cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion near the church where he was going to celebrate a Mass. 

The parish shared the following statement:

“ Sad news for the faithful of the parish of Santa Lucía de la Sierra in central Mexico. We have learned of the death of our parish priest, Father Juan Antonio Orozco Alvarado, which occurred on Saturday, the 12th of June. The thirty-three-year-old Franciscan lost his life while visiting the community of Tepehuanes Indians of Pajaritos to celebrate a  Mass ”.

Source: Christianophobie.fr

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