After almost 10 days of terror in Guerrero’s capital city, peace was finally attained after a priest got the leaders of both gangs to negotiate by phone.
After almost 10 days of terror in Chilpancingo, Guerrero’s capital city, peace was finally attained after a priest put the leaders of both gangs to negotiate by phone on Feb. 13.
Criminal violence of drug cartels in Mexico has reached record levels, with an increasing tendency to target Catholic priests. Suffice it to mention that the Bishops' Conference (CEM) of Mexico called on all parishes to display photos of the slain nuns and priests in their churches, as of last summer. The initiative
José Portillo, an assassin squad leader for the Sinaloa Cartel who was wanted for the June 2022 murder of two Jesuit priests, was found shot dead in Mexico on Monday.