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Diana Martinez, who had been deported from the United States, stands on the bridge linking El Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Mexico, in February 2016. (CNS photo/Nancy Wiechec)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Jan-Albert Hootsen
Many Mexicans who lived most of their lives in the United States have been forced to return to a country they hardly know.
FaithNews
David Agren - Catholic News Service
The motive for the explosion on July 25 remains a mystery, though some in the conference said it reflected the violence suffered by society at large in a country with soaring homicide rates and a decade-long drug cartel crackdown.
FaithNews
David Agren - Catholic News Service
An explosive device was detonated outside the offices of the Mexican bishops' conference, directly across the street from the country's most visited religious site, the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Veracruz state police man a standing roadblock on a highway leaving Coatzacoalcos, Mexico, in July. Despite President Enrique Pena Nieto's promises of a safer nation when he came to power five years ago, the violence is outpacing even the darkest days of the drug war launched by his predecessor. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Politics & SocietyNews
Associated Press

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's Roman Catholic Church said in an editorial that Mexicans can't feel safe anywhere, as homicides rise throughout the country.

The statement Sunday by the Mexican Council of Bishops came on the same day that the bodies of two men and a woman were left at the entrance to a once-quiet, exclusive beach resort.

"This is not a single corner of this country where Mexicans can feel safe and live in peace," The bishops' council wrote in an editorial.

Pemex’s network of pipelines is an easy target for gangs who puncture the ducts and siphon the fuel to sell. (Esdelval/iStock)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Jan-Albert Hootsen
Thieves are puncturing fuel pipelines in Mexico and siphoning profits from the national oil company.
Javier Valdez, a veteran reporter who specialized in covering drug trafficking and organized crime, was slain on May 15, 2017, the latest in a wave of journalist killings in one of the world's most dangerous countries for media workers. (Ríodoce via AP)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Jan-Albert Hootsen
I regularly report on violence against journalists in Mexico. But Javier’s death came as a personal blow to me.