Jesús María, Mexico, Mar 29, 2017 / 11:43 am
Fr. Felipe Altamirano Carrillo, an indigenous priest who served in the Mexico's western state of Nayarit, was murdered Sunday while returning from saying Mass in one of the towns in which he served.
Fr. Altamirano Carrillo was killed March 26, apparently the victim of assault during a theft.
"We are seized by the pain of his loss, so premature , and the way it happened," read a statement of the Territorial Prelature of Jesús María del Nayar, which the priest served.
"Although so far we don't have the details of this incident, we have been informed that he was returning from celebrating the Sunday Mass in the community of Cofradía, which is part of his parish, accompanied by some other people. He was driving his vehicle and at some point during the trip, they came upon some armed persons, presumably with the intention of assaulting them."