Religion: Catholics v. Evang

Catholics v. Evangélicos

What happens in the tiny Mexican village of San Felipe de Santiago Yeche, few outsiders have ever known or cared. But when the fanatically Catholic Indians of Santiago Yeche expressed disapproval of two Protestant missionaries by murdering them, Bishop David Ruesga of the Protestant Church of God protested to Mexico City. Two special federal officers—Marcelo Fernandez Ocana and Leopoldo Arenas—went to the village.

Exactly what happened when they first got there is still a question. According to one account: the secretary of the municipal president said, "Those are the sons of bitches we are waiting for!" and...

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