Madrid, Spain, Mar 5, 2009 / 16:39 pm
Bishop Jose Luis Azcona of Marajo, Brazil, has received death threats for denouncing the sexual exploitation of human trafficking rings in which “politicians, businessmen and police officers” are implicated.
Born in Pamplona, Spain, and a member of the Augustinians, Bishop Azcona met with a congressional committee on the exploitation of minors in the Brazilian state of Para, where he reiterated his protests. “They snatch girls from school and take them away to sexually exploit them, especially in French Guyana and in Spain,” he stated.
In a telephone interview with Europa Press, the bishop said he is taking the threats “with calm.”
“Thanks be to God I don’t feel any anxiety or anguish,” he said.