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Mexico City, Mexico, Sep 20, 2016 \/ 11:28 am (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- One day after they were kidnapped from their parish, Mexican priests Alejo Nabor Jim\u00e9nez Ju\u00e1rez and Jos\u00e9 Alfredo Su\u00e1rez de la Cruz were found murdered in a field.<\/p>\n

The Mexican Bishops Conference confirmed the priests\u2019 deaths and extended their condolences and prayers to the Diocese of Papantla, Mexico, where the priests served, and to the families of the two slain priests.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe extend our pain and indignation at the violence exercised against them,\u201d the bishops\u2019 conference said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn these moment of pain, impotence and tragedy provoked by violence, we raise our prayers to the heavens for the eternal rest of these our brothers, and implore the Lord for the conversion of their aggressors,\u201d the statement continued. \u201cFrom the authorities we await an investigation to clear up what happened and the enforcement of justice against those responsible.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe pray to the Lord that he blesses our beloved homeland, and we ask for the intercession of Blessed Mary of Guadalupe, Queen of Peace, that united we search for integrity and the progress of our people,\u201d the statement closed. \u00a0<\/p>\n

The Diocese of Papantla also offered its prayers \u201cfor the eternal rest of their souls and that we may be united in prayer as a Church, so that Christ the King of Peace may bring harmony to our homeland.\u201d<\/p>\n

The two priests were kidnapped Sept. 18 from Our Lady of Fatima Parish in the city of Poza Rica, a town located in the north of the Mexican Gulf state of Veracruz. The bodies of the two priests were found the following day in a field in the nearby city of Papantla.<\/p>\n

A third man, identified by Veracruz authorities, was kidnapped alongside the two priests, but escaped and was found alive. Veracruz officials said that he had been placed under protection.<\/p>\n

Poza Rica and surrounding areas in Veracruz have been the locus of drug and associated cartel violence for years, but it is yet unclear why the priests were targeted. Priests have also been the target of violence elsewhere in Mexico.<\/p>\n

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