Incident: Priest Ricardo Cortéz assassinated
General Information
| Title: | Priest Ricardo Cortéz assassinated |
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| Country: | El Salvador |
| State/Province: | San Salvador |
| City: | San Salvador |
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| Date of Incident: | 2020-08-07 |
| Security Level: | Public |
| Summary: | |
| The priest Cortez was intercepted and shot to death while on his way to the city of Santiago de María, in the department of Usulután. He was rector of the San Óscar Arnulfo Romero seminary and parish priest of the town of San Francisco Chinamequita. | |
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: | Criminal groups |
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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, Catholic |
Additional Information
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Web Sources
| Name: | El Salvador: the rector of the Romero seminary is assassinated |
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| Url: | https://www.vaticannews.va/es/iglesia/news/2020-08/el-salvador-asesinato-ricardo-cortez-rector-seminarinario-romero.html |
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