Mexico City, Mexico, Nov 1, 2010 / 09:49 am
The Archdiocese of Mexico City and Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera have expressed profound sorrow over the recent “cowardly and incomprehensible murders” of the more than 100 innocent people in the cities of Tijuana, Juarez and Nayarit.
Violence carried out by drug lords has led to more than 100 murders in just one week in parts of Mexico. The number includes three massacres, one which left 15 people dead at a car wash.
In a press release, Cardinal Rivera pleaded for an end to the killings, emphasizing that “organized crime is a path to perdition and eternal condemnation.”
He pledged to pray for the victims and their families, and then turned his attention to those responsible for such “abominable crimes.” He implored them “in the name of God to cease their killings, kidnappings, torturing and extortion of so many innocent people, including women, children and young people who are just beginning their lives.”