Incident: Salvadoran priest assassinated during Holy Week
General Information
| Title: | Salvadoran priest assassinated during Holy Week |
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| Country: | El Salvador |
| State/Province: | San Salvador |
| City: | San Salvador |
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| Date of Incident: | 2018-03-29 |
| Security Level: | Public |
| Summary: | |
| Father Walter Vasquez Jimenez and his companions were stopped on the road by masked men. After robbing them they asked the priest to get out of the car, they made him walk 50 meters and they shot him to die. Local newspapers said the priest had been threatened by gangs and that he changed his telephone number after the threats. | |
Nature of Incidents
| Killings: | 1 |
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| (Attempts) to destroy, vandalize or desecrate places of worship or religious buildings: | 0 |
| Closed places of worship or religious buildings: | 0 |
| Arrests/detentions: | 0 |
| Sentences: | 0 |
| Abductions: | 0 |
| Sexual assaults/harassment: | 0 |
| Forced marriages: | 0 |
| Other forms of attack (physical or mental abuse) | 0 |
| Attacked houses/property of faith adherents: | 0 |
| Attacked shops, businesses or institutions of faith adherents: | 0 |
| Forced to leave home: | 0 |
| Forced to leave country: | 0 |
| Non-physical violence : | 0 |
Responsible Actor Category
| Responsible Actor Name: | Members of gangs |
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| Responsible actor category: | Organized crime |
Responsible Actor Religion
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Religion of Victim(s)
| Religion of victim(s): | Christian |
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| Subcategory Religion of victim(s): | Christian, General |
Additional Information
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Web Sources
| Name: | Salvadoran priest assassinated during Holy Week |
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| Url: | https://cruxnow.com/cns/2018/03/30/salvadoran-priest-assassinated-during-holy-week/ |
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