An Augustinian priest, Father Javier Garcia Villafana, was shot multiple times in his car in Capacho, Michoacán state, Mexico. This was announced by the Mexican public prosecutor. At this time, no one has claimed responsibility for the killing of the pastor of the Church of San Marco, to which he had been appointed in recent weeks.
The Mexican Bishops’ Conference stressed that it was “a clear indication of the serious situation in which society finds itself, while organized crime and impunity continue to threaten the lives of many people.” Before him, an octogenarian had tried to stab the Archbishop of Durango in the Northern Mexico, Monsignor Faustino Armendariz Jimenez, in the sacristy of the cathedral.