Mexico: Bomb explodes at entrance to Bishops' Conference headquarters

Source: Fides/ContraInfo

A home made bomb exploded at the main entrance of the Mexican Episcopal Conference headquarters in Mexico City around 1.50 am on Tuesday, 25 July, causing some damage but no one was injured.

In a statement the Secretary General and spokesperson of the Mexican Episcopal Conference, Bishop Alfonso G Miranda Guardiola said: "We appreciate the support and solidarity shown by our Bishops, faithful, priests, institutions and many people of good will. Even the federal and local authorities have also shown their support and collaboration to clarify this incident...As a collegial organ of the Bishops of Mexico we want to appeal to calm, carefulness and respect for human life and its institutions. This fact invites us to think intensely about the need to rebuild the social fabric, to promote a safe environment for all citizens."

Lastly, Bishop Guardiola renews the call for "a social conversion in order to look at each other as brothers and so that every citizen is a peace builder in our country, entrusting Christ, Prince of Peace, and Santa Maria of Guadalupe our mission of creating a "more just and supportive" humanity.

A statement from the 'Informal Feminist Command for Anti-Authoritarian Action' posted yesterday on Contra Info website said Feminist Command was responsible for the bomb made of "dynamite, LP gas and butane." It then says: "For every torture and murder in the name of your God! For every child defiled by pedophiles!"