If you're ever down in Chalpatlahuac, don't mess with the Padre.
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Drunken Priest Shoots Mayor Dead
Thu May 13, 8:54 AM ET
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A Catholic priest shot to death the mayor of a
town in western Mexico early on Wednesday after the pair got drunk and
began punching each other during a religious festival, state officials
said.
After exchanging blows, the priest whipped out a 9mm pistol and fired
four bullets into Lorenzo Ruiz, mayor of Chalpatlahuac, an indigenous
town nestled in mountains 138 miles west of the Guerrero state capital
of Chilpancingo, authorities said.
"It seems they were arguing, these two men. They were at a get-together,
they had words and the priest shot the mayor. They were apparently both
in a state of drunkenness," said Guerrero state spokesman Jesus Nava.
Local newspapers said the priest, whom they identified as Lorenzo
Cuellar, was arrested after he also shot the mayor's son, injuring him.
The priest was in Chalpatlahuac to celebrate a local religious festival
which started on Tuesday evening and lasted into Wednesday morning.
Guerrero is one of the poorest and most violent states in Mexico.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=757&e=1&u=/nm/20
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