A Tijuana priest missing for over a week has become the latest casualty of the growing violence in Mexico. Fides reports that Father Salvador Ruiz Enciso, 51, disappeared from his parish in the city of Tijuana, northern Mexico, near the border with the United States. DNA from a body found May 23, burned beyond recognition was matched to Father Ruiz. The Archbishop of Tijuana, Archbishop Rafael Romo Munoz said: “We condemn the brutal manner in which he was killed and we have confidence in the authorities that those responsible will be brought to justice.”

Kevin Clarke is America’s chief correspondent and the author of Oscar Romero: Love Must Win Out (Liturgical Press).