US EditionBody of missing priest found in central Mexico
Two suspects arrested in connection with the killing of Reverend Ernesto Baltazar Hern�ndez Vilchis, amid a rise in violence against clergy in Mexico with 10 priests killed since 2019.
- On Wednesday, Reverend Ernesto Baltazar Hernández Vilchis, missing since October 27, was found wrapped in plastic and tied to a chair in a drainage canal near Felipe Ángeles International Airport, with forensic authorities confirming his identity.
- The parish of Santa Cruz Cantera said Hernández Vilchis had taken up duties in early October and days later reported intruders cut security-camera cables and stole one bell.
- Authorities allege the victim spent hours with the man arrested and his partner, who allegedly attacked him; a separate woman is under investigation.
- The Catholic Multimedia Centre noted 10 priests were killed in Mexico between 2019 and 2024, while authorities reported 900 cases of extortion, death threats and aggression against Church members.
- The Mexico state prosecutor's office said authorities are investigating the death as a homicide and that the body was found about 9 miles away, but prosecutors have not disclosed a motive.
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Catholic News AgencyPriest found dead in Mexico; 2 suspects arrested
Father Ernesto Baltazar Hernández Vilchis. / Credit: Courtesy of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish/Screenshot Puebla, Mexico, Nov 14, 2025 / 13:04 pm (CNA). The Catholic Church has confirmed the discovery of the body of Father Ernesto Baltazar Herná... [...]
Cuautitlán, Méx., The Catholic priest Ernesto Baltazar Hernández Vilchis, reported missing on October 31, was found lifeless, wrapped in a bag and tied to an armchair, in a sewage canal in the Mexican municipality of Nextlalpan, early on Wednesday. The Attorney General’s Office of Justice of the State of Mexico confirmed the above and announced that two persons involved in the crime of the cleric were arrested, to whom the crime of disappearance…
Missing priest's body found wrapped in plastic in Mexico
The body of a priest reported missing in late October outside Mexico City has been found wrapped in plastic and tied to a chair in a river, the Mexico state prosecutor's office said today.Two people allegedly linked to the homicide have been arrested.Reverend Ernesto Baltazar Hernández Vilchis, 43, disappeared in Tultepec, north of Mexico City on October 27. His body was found Wednesday about 15km away and authorities are investigating the homic…
María Fernanda “N” and Brandon Jonathan “N” were arrested by agents of the Mexican State Prosecutor’s Office for their alleged involvement in the disappearance and death of the priest Ernesto Baltazar Hernández Vilchis. According to a District Judge, the arrest warrant was due to the fact that both defendants intervened in a malicious manner, jointly and planned in the deprivation of liberty and subsequent disappearance of the victim. On 31 Octo…
Missing Mexico priest found dead wrapped in plastic and tied to chair in sewage swamp - The Mirror
The body of reverend Ernesto Baltazar Hernández Vilchis was found wrapped in black plastic bags, tied to an armchair and dumped in a drainage canal near a major airport
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