Washington Post: An outspoken priest who runs a shelter for migrants in southern Mexico has temporarily left his facility after receiving death threats.
The shelter run by the Rev. Alejandro Solalinde says the Roman Catholic priest is “protecting his physical safety” until state and federal prosecutors thoroughly investigate the threats.
Prosecutors in southern Oaxaca state have said they are investigating and are providing police security for Solalinde.
Solalinde has become widely known in Mexico for publicly denouncing corruption and abuse of mainly Central American migrants who cross into Mexico seeking to reach the United States. read more
The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
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