MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s Catholic council of bishops said a priest has been killed in the Pacific coast state of Nayarit.
The council identified Felipe Altamirano Carrillo as an indigenous priest and said he was killed early Monday.
His Nayar prelacy serves a population made up largely of Huichol and Cora Indians.
The council gave no details, but local media report he was shot while driving.
He is the second priest killed this year in Mexico. Another priest was found dead in the northern state of Coahuila in January.
An estimated 32 priests have been slain in Mexico since 2006.