Overview
- State prosecutors announced the arrest of an unnamed adolescent as a probable co-author in the October 4 shooting death of Father Bertoldo Pantaleón.
- The youth was presented to a control judge and will remain in the juvenile execution center in Chilpancingo ahead of the October 19 linkage hearing.
- Authorities said both arrests, including that of Miguel Ángel "N" on October 10, stemmed from coordinated work by Sedena, the National Guard, the SSPC and state police.
- Officials have not identified a motive, and local residents and the diocesan bishop dispute an earlier claim that the priest had a driver.
- The Diocese of Chilpancingo-Chilapa named human-rights defender Filiberto Velázquez to lead the Mezcala parish and publicly offered forgiveness to the perpetrators.