They find lifeless bodies in parish parking in Mexico

The diocese of Culiacán in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, expressed its bewilderment and sadness after the discovery of two lifeless bodies inside an abandoned vehicle in the parking lot of the parish of Our Lady of Guadalupe, known as “La Lomita”, located north of the Sinaloense capital.

The car was detected around 6:00 p.m., shortly before the start of the Mass this Thursday. According to reports, The vehicle had open trunk, where several black bags and a cardboard were found with a message that allegedly points to revenge between organized crime groups.

OK With the State Prosecutor’s Office of Sinaloa, the bags contained the remains of two people.

Since September 2024, different regions of the State have been the scene of violent clashes between factions of the Sinaloa cartel, following an internal struggle between the children of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán and the followers of Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada.

The conflict broke out after the capture of Zambada in July, in El Paso, Texas (United States). Subsequently, he denounced to have been the victim of an “ambush” orchestrated by the government in complicity with “Los Chapitos”, which would have facilitated his arrest.

According to Official figuressince the armed conflict began, of September 2024 and March 2025, 1,047 malicious homicides have been registered in the state.

Violence has even reached the members of the clergy. At the beginning of April, also in the diocese of Culiacán, a priest was kidnapped “by unknown people and held against their will for several hours”, without offering more details of the case.

“Enough of death! Enough of violence!”

Through A statementthe diocese regretted that this type of facts “in addition to shuddering this parish community and our diocesan church, reveals the climate of violence that persists in our entity.”

“As a church, we raise our voice with the authority of the god of life to cry out: Enough of death! Enough of violence!” The diocese said.

He also called for prayer “to touch the hearts of those who sow fear and suffering, so that they become and reconcile with truth, good and justice.”

“As a community that seeks peace, let’s not let fear or hopelessness come. Death does not have the last word: Christ resurrected has defeated evil and calls us to be builders of peace,” he said.

Finally, the Diocese urged the faithful not to lose hope and “put in the hands of the Virgin Mary of Guadalupe to each inhabitant of our city, to strengthen hope in the middle of the tribulation and to work together as a society to heal the social fabric injured by violence and death.”