A priest in western Mexico has been shot to death, the eighth killed under the administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the church said Sunday.
Prosecutors in the western state of Jalisco said the 53-year-old parish priest was killed by two shotgun blasts in the town of Atotonilco El Alto on Friday.
The church's Catholic Multimedia Center said at least two dozen priests were killed under former president Enrique Peña Nieto, who served from 2012 to 2018. In 2016, Meanwhile, in the northern Mexico border city of Tijuana violent threats forced the cancellation of a planned concert by the norteño band Grupo Arriesgado.
The band did not specifically refer to violence or threats, but wrote"at Grupo Arriesgado and GA Music, the safety of our fans is our first priority."
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