They investigate the murder of two Jesuit priests in northern Mexico

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(CNN Spanish) --

Three people were murdered on Monday inside a church in the town of Cerocahui, in the state of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico.

Two of the victims were Jesuit priests.

Through a statement, the state government confirmed that the priests were killed around 6 in the afternoon, local time, along with another person who sought refuge from the aggression inside the temple, to where the attacker followed him.

After what happened, an operation was activated in coordination with the National Guard and the Secretary of Defense to safeguard the inhabitants of the place, the authorities reported.

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The Society of Jesus condemned in a statement the murder of the two religious, and asked the authorities to recover the bodies that were removed from the place "by armed persons."

In addition, he requested increased protection for religious and lay people who work in the town of Cerocahui and adopt security measures in the Sierra Tarahumara region, which faces conditions of violence and neglect that, according to the Society of Jesus, have not been reversed. .

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In his morning press conference this Tuesday, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador reported that the authorities are "addressing the matter."

“It is an area with a significant presence of organized crime.

It seems that there is already information about the possible perpetrators of these crimes, ”he added.

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