In Mexico, the Catholic priest and Indigenous activist Marcelo Pérez was killed by two gunmen Sunday as he left Mass in the southern state of Chiapas. Pérez was a member of the Tzotzil Indigenous group,

Rev. Marcelo Pérez was shot dead by two gunmen when he was in his van, just after he had finished celebrating Mass, the state prosecutors' office said.

Catholic priest Marcelo Pérez has been killed in Mexico. Pérez was an activist for Indigenous peoples and farm workers in southern Mexico. He was killed on Sunday.

Gunmen in Mexico have shot dead a Catholic priest who was an outspoken advocate for indigenous rights and who had condemned the violence plaguing his community. Father Marcelo Pérez was killed after celebrating Mass in the southern state of Chiapas on Sunday,

A Mexican Catholic priest was killed on Sunday in the southern state of Chiapas after officiating a mass, his religious order and authorities said, marking the latest death in a recent wave of violence in the area.

Hundreds of people have turned out to mourn Catholic priest Marcelo Pérez, an activist for Indigenous peoples and farm laborers who was killed in the southern Mexico state of Chiapas.

Two assailants on a motorcycle fired at Father Marcelo Pérez Pérez, 41, who was found dead inside a vehicle in the city of San Cristóbal de las Casas.