Mexico City, Mexico, May 5, 2008 / 13:51 pm
Two unknown men killed 33 year-old Father Julio Cesar Mendoza, pastor of Our Lady of Fatima, on May 1 in Mexico City.
According to the Mexico City Justice Department, the two men entered the church on the evening of May 1 and tied up Father Mendoza. They beat him and then fired a shot into his head, leaving him wounded in the bathroom before they left.
Paramedics arrived minutes later and found the priest still alive. He was taken to a local hospital where he died the following morning.
Police said an investigation is underway and that a motive has yet to be determined for the crime. They ruled out robbery as no objects of value were missing from the church.