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Venezuela: abducted priest found dead
September 30, 2014
Father Reinaldo Alfonso Herrera Lures, a Venezuelan priest who was kidnapped on September 25, was found dead two days later, according to Diario La Verdad, a newspaper based in Maracaibo, the nation’s 2nd-largest city.
The priest was chancellor of the Diocese of La Guaira and served as a military chaplain, the Fides news agency reported.
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Further information:
- Encuentran muerto a sacerdote secuestrado el jueves en Caracas (Diario La Verdad)
- Violence in the country does not decrease: a military chaplain killed (Fides)
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