https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/catholic-priests-slaughtered-church-mexican-cartel-bodies-stolen
Catholics are demanding the return of the bodies of two priests who were murdered after attempting to prevent drug traffickers from killing a man inside their church.
"It is with great sadness and pain that we mourn Father Javier Campos Morales, Father Joaquin Mora Salazar, and the man who, unfortunately, lost his life along with them," the Diocese of the Tarahumara region of Western Chihuahua said Tuesday.
The region borders Texas and New Mexico.
The priests were shot dead in the church "with no defense but their faith in God," as they tried to protect a man whose life was in danger, the statement read.
The shooters took all three bodies, which officials are working to locate, according to a report.