ICC Note: A suspect was recently arrested in connection to the murders of two Catholic priests in Veracruz, Mexico. The two victims were killed in mid-September after they were kidnapped from a church; some believe that organized crime is the cause of their deaths. The murder suspect was located, along with another individual, while committing a car theft on October 13.

By James Macintyre

10/17/2016 Mexico (Christian Today) – A man suspected of murdering two Mexican priests who were abducted last month has been caught in Mexico City, authorities in the country have said.

The man is suspected of killing Fr Jose Alfredo Suarez de la Cruz and Fr Alejo Nabor Jimenez, who were kidnapped from a church in the Poza Rica municipality of the eastern state of Veracruz.

“Intelligence and Cabinet work allowed the Attorney General’s (AG) Office in the capital to secure the arrest of a man implicated in the homicide of two priests in Veracruz,” the AG office said in a statement released yesterday.

According to Fox News Latino, the suspect was caught along with another individual on 13 October after committing the armed theft of a Nissan Versa car in the capital.

Soon after the robbery, the pair were caught by security officials, the AG office said.

After the car theft was immediately reported to police, officers began a search for the vehicle along with the car owners.

The suspects were “recognised and fully identified by the victims” of the car theft, and during the investigation of the case, it was found that “one of those implicated also had an arrest warrant pending against him,” the AG office said.

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