Overview

• Miguel Ángel “N” was detained in Chilpancingo under an arrest warrant as a presumed co-participant and was placed before the Ministerio Público to determine his legal status.
• The operation was coordinated by Guerrero’s state prosecutor and security agencies with support from the SSPC, SEDENA, SEMAR, the National Guard, and the FGR.
• Officials have outlined a working hypothesis that the priest was killed by his driver, a claim the local bishop says he cannot corroborate.
• The Diocese of Chilpancingo–Chilapa and allied groups led a motorized caravan of roughly 400 people in the state capital calling for peace, justice, and protection for parish priests.
• Father Estrada, parish priest in Mezcala, was reported missing on October 4 and found shot dead on October 6 beside the Iguala–Chilpancingo federal road, prompting an aggravated homicide investigation.