Overview

• The fire and damage were reported Thursday around 5 p.m. inside the Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe in Tilapan, San Andrés Tuxtla.
• Two parish workers were injured trying to intervene, and first responders treated three elderly women for nervous crises.
• Municipal police, supported by the state public security ministry, arrested the suspect at the scene and transferred him to preventive jail.
• Witnesses and local reports say the man was semi-nude, carrying a machete, and shouted that the devil told him to set the church on fire.
• Videos shared on social media show flames inside part of the temple and the moment of the arrest, while officials document material damage to the altar and a cross.