The Church demands the President review the security project

Jesus Estrada

Correspondent

Newspaper La Jornada
Sunday June 26, 2022, p. 3

Chihuahua, Chih., The body mass present for the Jesuit priests Javier Campos and Joaquín César Mora, murdered on June 20 in Cerocahui, was held at noon yesterday in the temple of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the capital of Chihuahua, where there was a political claim against the public security strategy of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

I respectfully request, Mr. President of the Republic, that you review your public security project. Our tone is peaceful, but loud and clear, inviting government actions to put an end to impunity; There are thousands of voiceless mourners crying out for justice in our nation. Hugs are no longer enough to cover the bulletsexpressed from the pulpit the cleric of Creel, Javier Ávila Aguirre.

The criticism drew applause from the parishioners, inside the temple and outside, where around 200 Catholics heard the homily, as police and hostesses restricted access with the argument of complying with civil protection protocols.

The religious act was attended by the archbishop of Chihuahua, Constancio Miranda, and the provincial of the Society of Jesus in Mexico, Luis Gerardo Moro Madrid.

At the end of the ceremony, the coffins and the main altar were blessed with songs and dances by Rarámuri indigenous people; Relatives of the tourist guide Pedro Eliodoro Palma also attended, whose funeral was on Friday afternoon in the Colina pantheon of this capital.

The bodies of the Jesuits were transferred yesterday by road to the Sierra Tarahumara and the area of ​​the Barrancas del Cobre National Park, where they will be held this Sunday in the parish of San Francisco Javier Cerocahui, municipality of Urique. They will be buried on Monday.

Luis Gerardo Moro read a position of the Conference of Jesuit Provincials of Latin America and the Caribbean.

Saint Ignatius of Loyola told us that love should be placed more in deeds than in words, so know that we are not going to leave the Sierra Tarahumara; all people, governments, society, businessmen and the Church have a moral responsibility for so many murders and missing persons, and we need to do something nowhe demanded.

While affirming that “the blood of Pedro, Javier and Joaquín joins the river of blood that runs through our country. We demand that the authorities fulfill their vocation and duty.

If in 72 hours the bodies were recovered and the investigations advanced, why not do this with so many unpunished cases? I implore God to give us the grace of historical memory, that in Mexico we reached, between 1964 and 2022, 100,000 disappeared people, and we have 122,000 murdershe indicated.

We will respond wisely to the multiple displays of solidarity and indignation, I ask that we no longer promote the polarization of the country, and that everyone work. It is urgent to seek reconciliation.