During her customary press briefing, Sheinbaum assured that an investigation is underway and Interior Secretary Rosa Icela Rodriguez met with the state government, the diocese, and the ecclesiastical authorities.

“We are coordinating to make progress in the investigation so that this crime does not go unpunished,” she stressed.

Local media reported that Perez, pastor of the Church of Guadalupe in San Cristobal de las Casas, was attacked on Sunday after celebrating a mass at the Cuxtitali temple, also located in this area.

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