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A PRIEST WHOSE disappearance sparked protests in an eastern Mexican town was found alive yesterday with injuries consistent with torture, the Catholic church said.
Father Jose Luis Sanchez Ruiz had last been seen on Thursday, and the next day the doors to his church in Catemaco, a town in the eastern state of Veracruz, had signs of forced entry.
His disappearance sparked fears that he had suffered the same fate as two other priests who were found dead in Veracruz in September shortly after their disappearance.
But the archdiocese of San Andres Tuxtla said in a statement that Sanchez Ruiz, 54, was found yesterday morning “with notable signs of torture.”
After his disappearance, townspeople blocked roads in protest on Friday night. On Saturday, protesters burned part of Catemaco’s municipal office and a police car.
Sanchez Ruiz had received threats after complaining about crime in Catemaco.
Mexico is one of the most violent places for priests in the world.
In September, two priests were found dead on the roadside a day after they were taken away from their church in another town in Veracruz. Prosecutors have detained two people and say the priests were killed by acquaintances after an argument.
That same month, another priest was found shot dead after disappearing in the western state of Michoacan.
Fifteen priests have been killed in Mexico since President Enrique Pena Nieto took office in December 2012, according to the Catholic Multimedia Center, which tracks crimes against the clergy.
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I wonder is he worried.
Either way he has enough to live off I guess
On paper he is worth several billion but until there is a Facebook IPO and he liquidates some of his stake then he’s living on his basic salary (which I don’t deny is probably worth a few dollars).
Looking to copy and paste some ideas no doubt..
Why can’t I +1 this?
If you do something you enjoy, you never work a day in your life !
Don’t think money has ever been any sort of driver for the likes of Zuckerburg, he ‘makes things’ , cash happens to a be a happy side effect of that. Weirdo
I presume the last full stop was an error
How do we know that this mark zuckerburg
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speaking of which, your profile looks pretty fake. 33 friends, mostly older women?
I got an invite today and it is very good. Will be better when more join
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