Still hurting from violence, Mexican priests and families hope for peace ahead of elections

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Still hurting from violence, Mexican priests and families hope for peace ahead of elections
ElectionsAndres Manuel Lopez ObradorClaudia Sheinbaum
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Ahead of upcoming presidential elections, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and frontrunner Claudia Sheinbaum have strongly rejected any criticism of the governing party's security strategies.

Raramuri Indigenous youth dance during a sacred Yumari ceremony to ask for rain and good crops and to honor two local Jesuit priests, Javier Campos and Joaquin Mora, who were murdered in 2022 by a gang leader, in Cuiteco, Mexico, Saturday, May 11, 2024. Among the inhabitants of the Tarahumara mountains, especially among the Indigenous Raramuri people, priests are often regarded as profoundly beloved figures who fearlessly offer comfort and help.

Like some other organized crime leaders, El Chueco, who was linked to the Sinaloa cartel, had control over the local beer market. He financed bars, a baseball team and had a say over local elections and police designations. Members of the National Guard established a permanent base in Cerocahui in response to the killings and the military remained in the area after El Chueco“Here in the mountains, there are many communities displaced by organized crime,” said Azucena González, a teacher from the nearby town of Creel who works at a shelter for women facing risky situations. “We take in many families in which the husband is killed, and the wife can’t stay.

Many locals recall that he baptized their children or confirmed their grandchildren. Others remember him dearly for fixing their TVs or teaching them carpentry.

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