Pastor Alfrery Líctor Cruz Canseco was leaving the Fraternidad Cristiana church in Tlalixtac de Cabrera when he was shot point-blank.
Pastor Alfrery Líctor Cruz Canseco was shot point-black after Sunday services as Fraternidad Cristiana church in Tlalixtac de Cabrera, a town in Oaxaca,
reports. The assailant reportedly attempted to flee but was blocked by parishioners and arrested. Canseco died en route to the hospital. Alfrery Líctor Cruz Canseco, a pastor in Oaxaca, was reportedly shot and killed leaving Sunday services.Some reports indicated Canseco was preaching from the pulpit when he was killed but that couldn't be confirmed.
"Good, good servant and faithful; about little you have been faithful, on much I will put you; enter the joy of your lord," read a statement on theOn social media, La Iglesia Fraternidad Cristiana Vida Nueva in Atoyac, Mexico, mourned Canseco's death, describing him as a"friend and brother in Christ very loved by our congregation.
"Local authorities—including some Catholic leaders— have persecuted those who refuse to convert, pay taxes for Catholic events and operations, or participate in Catholic religious activities," the report reads."Retaliatory actions include cutting off water and electricity, prohibiting burials in community cemeteries, denying children access to schools, barring participation in political and civic community activity and denying employment.
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