Tag: Mexico City

Mexico a ‘case study in government inaction’ as third priest killed this year

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Mexico a ‘case study in government inaction’ as third priest killed this year
A third Mexican priest this year has been killed following a violent attack at his parish just outside Mexico City. Luis Lopez Villa, 71, was killed by intruders at his San Isidro Labrador parish in Nezahualcóyotl on 5 July. An initial police report said his hands and feet were bound . . . Read More

Mexican Christian starts new life away from village where he was beaten, imprisoned and eventually forced to leave

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Mexican Christian starts new life away from village where he was beaten, imprisoned and eventually forced to leave
After facing beatings, imprisonment and eventually exile from his home village, Lauro Pérez Núñez and his family are starting a brand new life. He and his wife Amalia, converts to evangelical Christianity, were first ordered to leave La Chachalaca, in Oaxaca, southern Mexico, in 2015, together with their four children. . . . Read More

Religious freedom ambassador visits Mexico

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The US Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, David Saperstein, is in Mexico to discuss how its federal and state governments are adhering to their international obligations to uphold freedom of religion and belief. As World Watch Monitor has reported, Mexican Christians who branch away from the “traditionalist” village churches, which . . . Read More