Mexico
Well-known priest shot dead after officiating Mass in Mexico state wracked by cartel violence
Rev. Marcelo PĂ©rez was shot dead by two gunmen when he was in his van, just after he had finished celebrating Mass, the state prosecutors' office said.
Hundreds gathered Monday to mourn Catholic priest Marcelo PĂ©rez, an activist for Indigenous peoples and farm laborers who was killed in the southern Mexico state of Chiapas. The Chiapas public prosecutor's office said on Tuesday it had arrested the s... [3905 chars]