A priest in Mexico, identified as Rev. Juan Angulo Fonseca, has been shot to death. He was the eighth priest killed in the country under the administration of Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
A Mexican priest was fatally shot Friday by a relative on account of a family dispute. The violent threats forced the band Sinaloa to cancel their concert that would have been Saturday.
null / Credit: ShutterstockACI Prensa Staff, Feb 13, 2023 / 12:20 pm (CNA).The Diocese of San Juan de Los Lagos in Jalisco state, Mexico, mourned the Feb. 10 shooting death of one of its priests, Father Juan Angulo Fonseca.According to the Mexican newspaper El Financiero, the 53-year-old priest was shot from behind with two blasts of a shotgun. The homicide occurred in the Atotonilco el Alto district of the state of Jalisco.According to the initial investigation, the murder was apparently due to a dispute over land."The Diocese of San Juan de los Lagos lifts up prayers to God, the Father of Mercy, for the heartbreaking death of Father Juan Angulo Fonseca," the diocese said in a Feb. 11 statement."May God reward the dedication of his life in the name of Christ for the Church! May his soul and that of all the faithful departed, by the mercy of God, rest in peace!" the statement concluded."We entrust to God and to his infinite mercy, that he would grant him to cel