Overview

• Guerrero state prosecutors said an adolescent was arrested as a probable co‑author in the Oct. 4 shooting death of Father Bertoldo Pantaleón in Mezcala.
• Investigators reported the teen allegedly acted with an adult identified as Miguel Ángel “N,” who was detained on Oct. 10.
• Authorities credited coordinated work by state and federal agencies, including the Defense Ministry, National Guard, SSPC and the State Police, for the two arrests.
• The adolescent was presented to a control judge and will stay at the juvenile detention center in Chilpancingo until the linkage hearing on Oct. 19.
• The Diocese of Chilpancingo‑Chilapa named Filiberto Velázquez as the parish replacement, and the bishop said the Church has forgiven the perpetrators.