Overview

• The Diocese of Chilpancingo-Chilapa confirmed the disappearance of Bertoldo Pantaleón Estrada, parish priest of San Cristóbal in Mezcala.
• The State Commission for the Search of Persons issued an official notice stating he was last seen on October 4 in the community of Azcala.
• The notice lists him as 58 years old and describes clothing of a royal blue guayabera with white vertical stripes, dark dress pants and huaraches, and provides tip lines.
• Federal security sources said a criminal investigation file was opened Monday and that a search operation is being organized in Guerrero’s Central and Northern regions.
• Bishop José de Jesús González Hernández asked parish communities to pray for the priest’s safe return and urged the public to avoid speculation.