Aug 15, 2005 / 22:00 pm
The Colombian Bishop’s conference (CEC) confirmed the assassination of two priests in Ocaña, at the north of the city of Santander, a zone with an active presence of the FARC (The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia).
In an official press release signed by the President of the CEC, Msgr. Luis Augusto Castro, the bishops regretted the assassination of the priests Vicente Rozo Bayona, 49, Jesus Emilio Mora, 60, and of two civilians.
According to the police, the priests were traveling in a vehicle with the contractor Miguel Carrascal, in charge of the construction of a local police outpost in Teorema, and with Edgar Vergel, a builder on the same construction site. The vehicle received bursts of gun shots from a hill, allegedly the fighters were guerrilleros from the FARC.
It is believed that the purpose of the attack was to kill the workers. The guerilla already threatened workers working on this new police outpost.