Overview
- The recorded message closing the 119th plenary assembly declares that violence has become routine and lists murders, disappearances and forced displacement.
- The bishops say organized crime controls territories and highways, with extortion now commonplace for businesses, farmers, transport workers and low‑income families.
- The Church reports threats and killings of priests, religious and pastoral workers for speaking out against abuses.
- The pronouncement disputes government narratives on security, justice and the economy, citing households unable to cover basic goods and ongoing impunity.
- The CEM urges unity and dialogue, warns of weakened citizen‑participation institutions and divisive ideologies, references upcoming religious commemorations, and reports no immediate government response.