US EditionCatholic Priest Found Dead in Southern Mexico
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The death of the priest Juan Manuel Zavala Pedregal is full of unknowns for the Catholic community and the population of Chiapas. The religious disappeared on Sunday around eight o’clock in the evening after officiating a mass in San Andrés Carrizal, in the municipality of Ocotepec, in the north of the State. His destination was Coapilla, a town 18 kilometers away, but never arrived. The white cassock and a Bible were located near his car. Conti…
San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chis., The corpse of the priest Juan Manuel Zavala Madrigal, vicar of the parish of San Marcos Evangelista, located in the municipality of Ocotepec, in the north of the entity, was found yesterday in the so-called Laguna Verde, reported the head of the Attorney General's Office (FGE), Jorge Luis Keyran Abarca.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Catholic priest who had been missing was found dead Monday on a highway in the Mexican state of Chiapas, where cartel disputes have fueled violence. Less than two years ago he was…
TUXTLA GUTIÉRREZ, Chis.- After 12 hours disappeared, the parish priest of Ocotepec, Juan Manuel Zavala, was found dead this morning next to his vehicle in the neighboring municipality of Coapilla, which mobilized the police and forensic corps in that northern region of the state of Chiapas.On Sunday night, March 8, around 19 hours, the priest left the San Marcos Evangelista Parish in Ocotepec for the community of San Andrés Carrizal to celebrate…
Father Juan Manuel Zavala Madrigal disappeared after celebrating Sunday Mass. His body was found on Monday. The tragedy occurred in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas. The 53-year-old priest was the vicar of the parish of St. Mark the Evangelist in Ocotepec. According to reports from the faithful, after Sunday Mass, he left the parish to celebrate the liturgy in a local community, but the article "Mexico: Body of missing priest found" comes f…
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