Mexico, first in crimes against religious
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Between 2006 and 2012, 23 homicides were committed
Mexico City: Mexico became the most dangerous country for Catholic priests due to the growth in the number of men who lost their lives because of common crime and organized crime.
In recent years the trend is increasing in the number of priests, religious and lay people who were killed, are missing or experienced an attempted abduction, which is considered a "worsening" of this "phenomenon", says a study Catholic Multimedia Center .
Extortion also increased and in 2013, 465 reports of demands in which they asked for 60 thousand dollars to in-kind payments such as cars, trucks and / or properties, some reports have been forwarded to the Vatican and are posted.
"For the sixth consecutive year, Mexico is already first in hate crimes against priests, religious and laity in Latin America," says the document which was mentioned in the weekly Desde la Fe, released Sunday by the Archdiocese of Mexico.
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