Héctor Alejandro Pérez, parish priest of the Church of San Francisco de Asís in Gaviotas del Sur, Villahermosa, Tabasco, was shot in the early hours of June 30 as he left his home to visit a sick person.
Initial reports indicate that the attack against Alejandro Pérez could have been due to a mistake he was making, according to a statement from the Diocese of Tabasco.
“Héctor’s condition after surgery at 12:52 p.m. is very serious, with a reserved prognosis,” according to the local religious institution. The priest suffered an exposed fracture of the humerus, a diaphragmatic injury, a vascular injury, and another injury to the colon, and lost approximately one liter of blood.
Blood donors requested
Similarly, the Tabasco Cathedral shared an image with the necessary information to donate any type of blood for Father Alejandro Pérez.
He is expected to remain intubated for approximately 72 hours, and three nails were placed in his arm. He is being treated at Rovirosa Hospital. Furthermore, due to the blood he lost, the Diocese of Tabasco is seeking blood donors.
Also on the afternoon of June 30, the Mexican Episcopal Conference expressed its dismay at the attack and its prayers for the priest’s recovery.
“The Mexican Episcopal Conference expresses its profound dismay and fraternal closeness in the face of the cowardly armed attack perpetrated against Father Héctor Pérez,” reads its statement shared on social media.
Press reports indicate that Alejandro Pérez was traveling in his truck when he was attacked by individuals allegedly traveling on a motorcycle. So far, no authorities have reported any arrests that could be linked to the attack on the priest.
For its part, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) of Tabasco condemned the events and took the opportunity to demand “fundamental solutions,” as they assert that the effects of the violence are a common issue for the state’s citizens.
In other actions, last April, the Mexican Episcopal Conference shared a statement regarding the discovery of human remains near the Parish of Our Lady of Guadalupe, in Culiacán, Sinaloa. It condemned what happened and expressed its solidarity with the community in the state capital.
Source: infobae
