Cd Obregon: Father Shot Dead inside Church

Translated by Yaqui for Borderland Beat from: Uniobregon

                   Saturday Night Massacre: El Buen Pastor Church, Ciudad Obregon, Sonora

Ciudad Obregon, Sonora  July 14, 2018

A man was riddled with bullets and killed before the altar of a church, where he tried to take refuge with his son in his arms when he was persecuted by his aggressor with a rifle who shot him several times in front of the crowded church congregation with no regard for the child or the gathering of about 40 people. 

In an attempt to flee his assailants, Victor Alejandro "N", got out of his car and entered  the church of El Buen Pastor with a child in his arms where he was murdered last evening while the people calmly waited for the beginning of the mass at 7:00 pm in the parish of The Good Shepherd, located in the Casa Blanca neighborhood.  He was screaming: " No ! Not my my child ! "

The man, identified as Victor Alejandro" N ", " El Piloto ", 40 years old, while running with his 4-year-old son in his arms, asked his aggressor not to harm the child; he wished to deliver his child to his grandmother who was awaiting the Mass. 

The people who were inside the parish were astonished and terrified, some took shelter when they heard the shots, others hit the floor between the pews, some crawled and hurt  their knees, according to witnesses. 

"The mass had not yet started, the father, ie the priest,  was coming into the temple to celebrate the evening mass from the back when gunshots rang out  so he did not get out of the car because of what was happening, the police came and the people left," said a neighbor. 

According to neighbors of the sector, the man was persecuted from the streets in his vehicle by the attackers, an armed commando aboard a van or truck. The vehicle of Víctor Alejandro "N". had several bullet shots.

The people of Colonia Casa Blanca who were in the church confirmed that with the man, in addition to the child that he was carrying, had two other young girls  with him and that when he entered the temple the girls managed get to his mother, apparently the grandmother of the minors. 

Several people approached the dead man and rescued the child to protect him and try to reassure him.

Minutes later the place arrived elements of different police corporations, who evicted people from the church and cordoned off the area waiting staff of Expert Service, Forensic Medicine and the Public Ministry agent.

According to information gathered, Víctor Alejandro "N", in May 2016, had suffered an attack, an attempted murder at the Banamex branch, on California and Guerrero streets of this city, after attending the burial of his wife, who was also killed on May 4, 2016. 

Murdered Singer Valentín Elizalde with his ex-wife Beatriz Robles, also murdered in 2016 while married to Victor Alejandro. Valentín Elizalde was murdered in 2006 shortly after a concert appearance in Reynosa along with his manager and driver.

He was married to Beatriz Berenice Borbolla Robles, 28, ex-wife of Valentín Elizalde; she was murdered in Cajeme on May 4, 2016. On May 6, 2016, Víctor Alejandro and his companion José Luis were shot and wounded when they followed the funeral procession of Beatriz Berenice Borbolla Robles.

The parish of The Good Shepherd has a fence but not brick yet laid and it is just under construction. It is located on Cima street between Casa Blanca Boulevard and Jesus Garcia, where there are also dozens of shops and homes. 

The man, 40 years old, known as "The Pilot", resides in the Hidalgo colony and was an aviator pilot. The victim was identified as Víctor Alejandro, nicknamed "El Piloto", who, according to state authorities, was a criminal target and had a criminal record for the crime of rape.

He is also linked as a pilot aviator for the criminal group "El Chapo Trini", and received orders from a criminal nicknamed "El Telcel" and "El Vaquero".

The authorities of the Attorney General of the State of Sonora, who took the case, claimed not to have details of the incident.

This happened around 7:00 pm yesterday, and it was added to the list of 15 homicides of this month of July, and to 104 of the year. 

On Thursday, when another act of armed aggression occurred during a busy time in a commercial plaza, in front of visitors and consumers.

Before the crime recorded in the church of El Buen Pastor, the Bishop of Cajeme, Felipe Padilla Cardona, planned to present today at 12:00 a message transmitted live from the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City. 

The prelate will give his position through the portal of the Bishopric from Mexico City, where he is heading the annual pilgrimage accompanied by faithful from Cajeme and other points of Sonora. 

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