They link Héctor ‘G’ to the alleged murderer of the priest, Marcelo Pérez, in Chiapas

The Attorney General’s Office (FGR) reported this Friday the start of the trial against an alleged intellectual author of the murder of the priest Marcelo Perezwhich occurred a year ago in Chiapas.

The detainee, identified as Héctor ‘G’, was linked to criminal proceedings for his probable responsibility in the crimes of qualified homicide and criminal association. the Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement.

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The agency detailed that the Public Ministry provided a judge with “sufficient evidence to indicate that the now accused probably participated in the coordination and instruction of the material authors for the commission of the crime.”

“An informal preventive detention and six months for complementary investigation were also issued,” the note indicated.

The public hearing where the trial was ordered was held at the Federal Criminal Justice Center, in Cintalapa, Chiapas.

The Prosecutor’s Office added that the investigation of the case “remains open against other possible participants in the events that resulted in the deprivation of the victim’s life.”

Héctor ‘G’ was arrested last Wednesday in Chiapas, accused of the murder of the priest and other crimes such as gang activity and attacks on peace and bodily integrity.

The authorities identified the detainee as the alleged leader of the criminal group ‘Los Motonetos’.

Last August, Édgar ‘M’, identified as the material author of the crime against the priest, was sentenced to 20 years in prison through an abbreviated process.

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On October 20, 2024, Marcelo Pérez Pérez was shot to death as he left to offer mass in a popular neighborhood of San Cristóbal de las Casas.

The 51-year-old priest dedicated his life to defending the rights of indigenous peoples and accompanying peace processes in indigenous communities.

One year after the homicide, last Monday, relatives and members of the Diocese of San Cristóbal denounced that the investigation remains incomplete, since the intellectual authors of the crime had not been identified.

The diocese maintained that the crime was “political and structural,” and warned that “a justice that does not touch the intellectual authors or dismantle criminal networks is only simulation.”

For less than two years, according to local newspaper reports, at least 13 people who served in the Catholic Church have been murdered for raising their voices against the violence that organized crime has generated in marginalized communities in Chiapas.

Faced with the wave of violence that is plaguing Mexico, the Church has played a leading role in proposing agreements to promote peace in several locations, a position that has put the safety and lives of members of the clergy at risk.

Another recent crime that shook the country was that of priest Bertoldo Pantaleón Estrada, who was found dead on October 4, after missing for two days, in the municipality of Eduardo Neri, Guerrero.

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