Father Marcelo Perez, 51, was shot dead by two gunmen just after he had finished celebrating Mass, officials said.

Mexican police have arrested a man accused of murdering a Roman Catholic priest and human rights campaigner in the southern ...

Mexican authorities have arrested the alleged murderer of a Catholic priest and prominent human rights defender whose killing ...

Hundreds of people have turned out for the burial of Catholic priest Marcelo Pérez, an activist for Indigenous peoples and ...

SAN ANDRES LARRAINZAR, Mexico — Hundreds gathered Monday to mourn Catholic priest Marcelo Pérez, an activist for Indigenous ...

He served the Tzotzil Indigenous community for two decades and was known as a negotiator in conflicts in a mountainous region ...

Father Marcelo Pérez Pérez, a Catholic priest known for his social activism, was killed by gunshot after leading Mass in ...

The priest worked for the Tzotzil, an Indigenous ethnic group of the Mayan family. He himself was from their community. ...

An Indigenous Tzotzil priest and peace activist was murdered after celebrating Sunday Mass in Mexico's southern Chiapas state ...

Rev. Marcelo Pérez was shot dead by two gunmen when he was in his van, just after he had finished celebrating Mass, the state ...