Death of two Jesuit priests shines spotlight on growing threat in Mexico

Women hold a portrait of Jesuit priest Javier Campos Morales as his funeral procession and that of fellow priest Joaquín César Mora Salazar arrives to Cerocahui, Chihuahua state, Mexico, on 26 June. Photograph: Christian Chavez/AP

Two Jesuit priests heard gunshots coming from their church in the mountains of the Mexican state of Chihuahua.

When they arrived they found a local tourist guide bleeding out at the altar. Standing over him was the local boss of the country’s most powerful organized crime group, the Sinaloa cartel.