20 Years Sentenced to Homicidal Priest in Chiapas · Global Voices

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Cd. of Mexico.- A federal judge sentenced Edgar Rolando Mares Banda to 20 years in prison for the murder of the indigenous priest and activist against violence Marcelo Pérez Pérez, which took place on 20 October in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas. A judge of control of the Federal Criminal Justice Center of Chiapas found Mares fully responsible for the crime of homicide qualified with premeditation, pride and advantage, against the cleric, t…

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The sentence of a single participant leaves many questions unanswered and indications that they are pursuing intellectual authors ARGENIS ESQUIPULAS/PORTAVOZ 10 months after the murder of Jesuit priest Marcelo Pérez Pérez, one of the most visible faces in the struggle for the rights of indigenous peoples and against the advance of organized crime in Los Altos de Chiapas, justice seems to have taken its first step. However, in a state besieged by…

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A judge sentenced to 20 years in prison the material author of the murder of Father Marcelo Pérez Pérez , the Mayan priest Tzotzil of the diocese of San Cristóbal de las Casas, who was shot on October 20, 2024. The Attorney General of the Republic (FGR) reported this August 6, 2025 that the investigation continues to determine the responsibility of more people involved .

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Marcelo Pérez Pérez. Photo: Ángeles Mariscal The sentenced, Edgar Rolando Mares Banda, appears in a 2012 communiqué of the Nuevo León government as being arrested in Monterrey for allegedly being a member of Los Zetas. The Attorney General's Office (FGR) announced that Edgar Rolando Mares Banda was sentenced to 20 years in prison “for having fully established his responsibility as a material perpetrator in the crime of homicide qualified with pr…

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The Prosecutor's Office obtained a sentence against Edgar "M," the material author of the murder of the priest in San Cristóbal de Las Casas.

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Father Marcelo was killed on October 20, 2024, after celebrating Mass in a church in the Cuxtitali neighborhood. Armed subjects on a motorcycle fired on his vehicle, causing his immediate death.