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Saturday 27 December 2014
Haiti politician Third priest killed in southern Mexico
nominated for
prime minister MARK STEVENSON already of so much crime. Mendoza Zaragoza said emonies.
Associated Press Enough extortions.” gangs have also demand- “At times, if they ask for a
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) MEXICO CITY (AP) — A That was an apparent ref- ed protection payments baptism and you don’t do
— A former mayor of Port- priest was found dead of erence to the “protection from parish priests in the it, they start to threaten
au-Prince and presidential a gunshot wound to the payments” that the local nearby resort city of Aca- you,” Martinez said. “They
candidate was nominated head, his diocese said Fri- drug gang, the Knights pulco, Lopez Gorostieta want a marriage, or a bless-
Thursday to be the next day, marking the latest in
prime minister amid an on- series of abductions, at- A monument in honor of Mexico’s former President Lazaro Cardenas stands along a highway
going standoff with parlia- tacks and highway robber-
ment that has stalled legis- ies against Roman Catholic between Arcelia and Ciudad Altamirano near the state border of Guerrero and Michoacan,
lative elections. clerics in an area of south-
Evans Paul was named ern Guerrero state domi- Mexico. The bishop of the diocese in Ciudad Altamirano said Friday, Dec. 26 that the Rev.
to run the day-to-day af- nated by drug cartels.
fairs of the government by Rev. Gregorio Lopez Goros- Gregorio Lopez Gorostieta was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head, near this statue,
President Michel Martelly. tieta is the third Catholic
He would replace Prime priest to have been killed on Christmas Day. Gorostieta disappeared on Monday from the seminary in the city where he
Minister Laurent Lamothe, in the region this year, and
who resigned under pres- the first to die since the fed- taught. (AP Photo/Christian Palma)
sure Dec. 14 along with his eral government launched
Cabinet. An interim prime a special, stepped-up se- Templar, demand from didn’t have a parish or col- ing” for a car or a home, he
minister, Florence Duperval curity operation in the area business owners in Ciudad lect tithes. But Bishop Mar- said, and won’t take “no”
Guillaume, was appointed following the disappear- Altamirano. One business tinez said there could be for an answer.
Sunday. ance of 43 teachers’ col- owner, who did not want other motives: Priests have The Mexican Council of
Martelly nominees have lege students three months to be named for fear of re- received threats when they Bishops issued a statement
struggled to gain approv- ago. The motive in Lopez prisals, said his family had refuse to perform quickie saying “we demand au-
al from the Senate and Gorostieta’s killing remains been forced to pay thou- marriages or baptisms for thorities clear up this and
Chamber of Deputies in unclear; Bishop Maximino sands of pesos (dollars) drug gang members. The so many other crimes that
the past but a statement Martinez said a group had each year to the gang for church normally requires have caused pain in so
from the president said been seen lurking around the right to operate a phar- extensive paperwork be- many homes, and ensure
Paul had been selected the seminary where the macy. While the Rev. Jesus fore performing such cer- that it is punished.”q
in consultation with legisla- priest taught on the out-
tive lawmakers. skirts of Ciudad Altamirano,
He could automatically Guerrero, on Sunday and
become prime minister if Monday. Lopez Gorostieta
he is not approved by Jan. was apparently kidnapped
12, when the terms of all by the gang early Monday;
members of both houses his truck was found aban-
expire and the president doned two days later. “This
can rule by decree. is another priest added to
Paul is an established po- those who have died for
litical figure in Haiti who their love of Christ,” Bishop
served as mayor in 1990 Martinez said. “Enough al-
and ran for president in a ready of so much pain, of
crowded field in 2006. so many murders. Enough
Lamothe held the post
for 31 months, the longest Puerto Rico:
anyone has held the prime
minister post in Haitian his- Police hits 2 US tourists with motorcycle
tory. A presidential com-
mission had called for his SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) poorly lit street in the capi- Villanova University, ac- in a breathalyzer test.
resignation, among other — A Puerto Rico police of- tal of San Juan. Authorities cording to Peter Reynolds, An investigation of the ac-
steps, to resolve an ongo- ficer assigned to protect identified the couple as head of musical theater at cident is underway. Jorge
ing stalemate over legisla- the U.S. territory’s governor 78-year-old Robert Hed- Temple University. Both uni- Hernandez, director of the
tive elections that sparked accidentally ran over two ley and 64-year-old Har- versities are in Pennsylva- police department’s traffic
violent protests in the capi- American tourists, authori- riet Power of Pennsylvania. nia. Police said Hardley has division, said Rodriguez ap-
tal. Martelly was supposed ties said Friday. Public records show they a hip fracture and his wife parently swerved to avoid
to call elections in 2011 Police said agent Orlando live in Bala Cynwyd, in sub- has a pelvis fracture. Both the couple but they ran in
for a majority of Senate Rodriguez hit the elderly urban Philadelphia. also have head injuries but the same direction.
seats, the entire Cham- couple with a Harley Da- Both are theater professors. are expected to recover. Hernandez said the couple
ber of Deputies and local vidson motorcycle late Hedley teaches at Temple Authorities said Rodriguez arrived in Puerto Rico on
offices.q Thursday as they crossed a University and Power at tested negative for alcohol Christmas Eve.q
Saturday 27 December 2014
Haiti politician Third priest killed in southern Mexico
nominated for
prime minister MARK STEVENSON already of so much crime. Mendoza Zaragoza said emonies.
Associated Press Enough extortions.” gangs have also demand- “At times, if they ask for a
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) MEXICO CITY (AP) — A That was an apparent ref- ed protection payments baptism and you don’t do
— A former mayor of Port- priest was found dead of erence to the “protection from parish priests in the it, they start to threaten
au-Prince and presidential a gunshot wound to the payments” that the local nearby resort city of Aca- you,” Martinez said. “They
candidate was nominated head, his diocese said Fri- drug gang, the Knights pulco, Lopez Gorostieta want a marriage, or a bless-
Thursday to be the next day, marking the latest in
prime minister amid an on- series of abductions, at- A monument in honor of Mexico’s former President Lazaro Cardenas stands along a highway
going standoff with parlia- tacks and highway robber-
ment that has stalled legis- ies against Roman Catholic between Arcelia and Ciudad Altamirano near the state border of Guerrero and Michoacan,
lative elections. clerics in an area of south-
Evans Paul was named ern Guerrero state domi- Mexico. The bishop of the diocese in Ciudad Altamirano said Friday, Dec. 26 that the Rev.
to run the day-to-day af- nated by drug cartels.
fairs of the government by Rev. Gregorio Lopez Goros- Gregorio Lopez Gorostieta was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head, near this statue,
President Michel Martelly. tieta is the third Catholic
He would replace Prime priest to have been killed on Christmas Day. Gorostieta disappeared on Monday from the seminary in the city where he
Minister Laurent Lamothe, in the region this year, and
who resigned under pres- the first to die since the fed- taught. (AP Photo/Christian Palma)
sure Dec. 14 along with his eral government launched
Cabinet. An interim prime a special, stepped-up se- Templar, demand from didn’t have a parish or col- ing” for a car or a home, he
minister, Florence Duperval curity operation in the area business owners in Ciudad lect tithes. But Bishop Mar- said, and won’t take “no”
Guillaume, was appointed following the disappear- Altamirano. One business tinez said there could be for an answer.
Sunday. ance of 43 teachers’ col- owner, who did not want other motives: Priests have The Mexican Council of
Martelly nominees have lege students three months to be named for fear of re- received threats when they Bishops issued a statement
struggled to gain approv- ago. The motive in Lopez prisals, said his family had refuse to perform quickie saying “we demand au-
al from the Senate and Gorostieta’s killing remains been forced to pay thou- marriages or baptisms for thorities clear up this and
Chamber of Deputies in unclear; Bishop Maximino sands of pesos (dollars) drug gang members. The so many other crimes that
the past but a statement Martinez said a group had each year to the gang for church normally requires have caused pain in so
from the president said been seen lurking around the right to operate a phar- extensive paperwork be- many homes, and ensure
Paul had been selected the seminary where the macy. While the Rev. Jesus fore performing such cer- that it is punished.”q
in consultation with legisla- priest taught on the out-
tive lawmakers. skirts of Ciudad Altamirano,
He could automatically Guerrero, on Sunday and
become prime minister if Monday. Lopez Gorostieta
he is not approved by Jan. was apparently kidnapped
12, when the terms of all by the gang early Monday;
members of both houses his truck was found aban-
expire and the president doned two days later. “This
can rule by decree. is another priest added to
Paul is an established po- those who have died for
litical figure in Haiti who their love of Christ,” Bishop
served as mayor in 1990 Martinez said. “Enough al-
and ran for president in a ready of so much pain, of
crowded field in 2006. so many murders. Enough
Lamothe held the post
for 31 months, the longest Puerto Rico:
anyone has held the prime
minister post in Haitian his- Police hits 2 US tourists with motorcycle
tory. A presidential com-
mission had called for his SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) poorly lit street in the capi- Villanova University, ac- in a breathalyzer test.
resignation, among other — A Puerto Rico police of- tal of San Juan. Authorities cording to Peter Reynolds, An investigation of the ac-
steps, to resolve an ongo- ficer assigned to protect identified the couple as head of musical theater at cident is underway. Jorge
ing stalemate over legisla- the U.S. territory’s governor 78-year-old Robert Hed- Temple University. Both uni- Hernandez, director of the
tive elections that sparked accidentally ran over two ley and 64-year-old Har- versities are in Pennsylva- police department’s traffic
violent protests in the capi- American tourists, authori- riet Power of Pennsylvania. nia. Police said Hardley has division, said Rodriguez ap-
tal. Martelly was supposed ties said Friday. Public records show they a hip fracture and his wife parently swerved to avoid
to call elections in 2011 Police said agent Orlando live in Bala Cynwyd, in sub- has a pelvis fracture. Both the couple but they ran in
for a majority of Senate Rodriguez hit the elderly urban Philadelphia. also have head injuries but the same direction.
seats, the entire Cham- couple with a Harley Da- Both are theater professors. are expected to recover. Hernandez said the couple
ber of Deputies and local vidson motorcycle late Hedley teaches at Temple Authorities said Rodriguez arrived in Puerto Rico on
offices.q Thursday as they crossed a University and Power at tested negative for alcohol Christmas Eve.q
