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 Editorials | Issues | May 2008 
Cardinal's Slaying Still Haunts Mexico
 Jaime Septien - Zenit.org
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| | Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo (AP) | | |
Mexico City - Fifteen years after the assassination of a Mexican cardinal, the case remains unsolved.
On the 15th anniversary of the slaying of Cardinal Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo in the parking lot of Guadalajara's international airport, Mexican bishops lamented that "investigations of the case have not advanced sufficiently to be able to know and clarify the masterminds and perpetrators of the crime."
Cardinal Posadas Ocampo was killed on May 24, 1993, along with six other people, among them the cardinal's chauffeur.
In a statement titled "15 Years Without Knowing the Truth," written in the name of the Mexican bishops, Bishop José González González of Guadalajara, the secretary-general of the Mexican episcopal conference, pointed out that "many pieces of evidence point to the theory of a state crime, namely, a homicide in which some individuals participated - as accomplices in different degrees - who at the time held posts in different government entities."
Bishop González added that "the bishops of Mexico manifest that their sole intention is to know the truth so that justice is carried out."
"Resolving the homicide of Cardinal Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo might awaken hope for the victims who are prey to corruption and crime in Mexico, overcoming their skepticism and discouragement because today, few believe that the institutions of public security and criminal justice will resolve the crimes we endure," he concluded. "Truth, justice, forgiveness and reconciliation are indispensable columns to attain the desired social peace that Mexico deserves and needs." |
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