![Eduardo Verdugo Raramuri Indigenous youth walk toward an altar adorned with photographs of two slain Jesuit priests, Saint Isidore the Farmer, and Our Lady of Guadalupe, during a sacred Yumari ceremony to ask for rain and good crops and to honor two priests, Javier Campos and Joaquin Mora, who were murdered in 2022 by a gang leader, in Cuiteco, Mexico, Friday, May 10, 2024. Among the inhabitants of the Tarahumara mountains, especially among the Indigenous Raramuri people, priests are often regarded as profoundly beloved figures who fearlessly offer comfort and help. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/0a745e47234c429d8b055c2ab6f4d094/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Raramuri Indigenous youth walk toward an altar adorned with photographs of two slain Jesuit priests, Saint Isidore the Farmer, and Our Lady of Guadalupe, during a sacred Yumari ceremony to ask for rain and good crops and to honor two priests, Javier Campos and Joaquin Mora, who were murdered in 2022 by a gang leader, in Cuiteco, Mexico, Friday, May 10, 2024. Among the inhabitants of the Tarahumara mountains, especially among the Indigenous Raramuri people, priests are often regarded as profoundly beloved figures who fearlessly offer comfort and help. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
![Eduardo Verdugo A Raramuri Indigenous woman carries an offering to an altar during a sacred Yumari ceremony to ask for rain and good crops and to honor two local Jesuit priests, Javier Campos and Joaquin Mora, who were murdered in 2022 by a gang leader, in Cuiteco, Mexico, Friday, May 10, 2024. Among the inhabitants of the Tarahumara mountains, especially among the Indigenous Raramuri people, priests are often regarded as profoundly beloved figures who fearlessly offer comfort and help. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/799b22a1037d4f6da21a689a774baedc/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
A Raramuri Indigenous woman carries an offering to an altar during a sacred Yumari ceremony to ask for rain and good crops and to honor two local Jesuit priests, Javier Campos and Joaquin Mora, who were murdered in 2022 by a gang leader, in Cuiteco, Mexico, Friday, May 10, 2024. Among the inhabitants of the Tarahumara mountains, especially among the Indigenous Raramuri people, priests are often regarded as profoundly beloved figures who fearlessly offer comfort and help. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
![Eduardo Verdugo Crosses on the roadside mark the site where the bodies of Jesuit Priests Javier Campos and Joaquín Mora, and tourist guide Pedro Palma, were found after their 2022 murders, in different locations by a gang leader, on the outskirts of Cerocahui, Mexico, Monday, May 13, 2024. The National Guard established a permanent base in Cerocahui in response to the killings and the military remained in the area after the gang leader, El Chueco, was found dead in 2023. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/b9d050aafa6045deb203536b80dfa855/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Crosses on the roadside mark the site where the bodies of Jesuit Priests Javier Campos and Joaquín Mora, and tourist guide Pedro Palma, were found after their 2022 murders, in different locations by a gang leader, on the outskirts of Cerocahui, Mexico, Monday, May 13, 2024. The National Guard established a permanent base in Cerocahui in response to the killings and the military remained in the area after the gang leader, El Chueco, was found dead in 2023. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
![Eduardo Verdugo A Raramuri Indigenous man places an offering at an altar during a sacred Yumari ceremony to ask for rain and good crops and to honor two local Jesuit priests, Javier Campos and Joaquin Mora, who were murdered in 2022 by a gang leader, in Cuiteco, Mexico, Friday, May 10, 2024. Among the inhabitants of the Tarahumara mountains, especially among the Indigenous Raramuri people, priests are often regarded as profoundly beloved figures who fearlessly offer comfort and help. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/f371bb45d23d46e48b41fd1872babafd/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
A Raramuri Indigenous man places an offering at an altar during a sacred Yumari ceremony to ask for rain and good crops and to honor two local Jesuit priests, Javier Campos and Joaquin Mora, who were murdered in 2022 by a gang leader, in Cuiteco, Mexico, Friday, May 10, 2024. Among the inhabitants of the Tarahumara mountains, especially among the Indigenous Raramuri people, priests are often regarded as profoundly beloved figures who fearlessly offer comfort and help. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
![Eduardo Verdugo Raramuri Indigenous youth dance during a sacred Yumari ceremony to ask for rain and good crops and to honor two local Jesuit priests, Javier Campos and Joaquin Mora, who were murdered in 2022 by a gang leader, in Cuiteco, Mexico, Saturday, May 11, 2024. Among the inhabitants of the Tarahumara mountains, especially among the Indigenous Raramuri people, priests are often regarded as profoundly beloved figures who fearlessly offer comfort and help. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/cb34fbc097ac4f59b51f935f5ea0a7d5/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Raramuri Indigenous youth dance during a sacred Yumari ceremony to ask for rain and good crops and to honor two local Jesuit priests, Javier Campos and Joaquin Mora, who were murdered in 2022 by a gang leader, in Cuiteco, Mexico, Saturday, May 11, 2024. Among the inhabitants of the Tarahumara mountains, especially among the Indigenous Raramuri people, priests are often regarded as profoundly beloved figures who fearlessly offer comfort and help. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
![Eduardo Verdugo Raramuri Indigenous people fly a peace flag and use incense during a sacred Yumari ceremony where a slaughtered cow lays before being cooked for attendees of the ceremony, by an altar that includes photographs of slain Jesuit Priests Javier Campos and Joaquin Mora, in Cuiteco, Mexico, Friday, May 10, 2024. Among the inhabitants of the Tarahumara mountains, especially among the Indigenous Raramuri people, priests are often regarded as profoundly beloved figures who fearlessly offer comfort and help. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/b504d5d5cd374ff4b0ca8c6a7bfa8c5b/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Raramuri Indigenous people fly a peace flag and use incense during a sacred Yumari ceremony where a slaughtered cow lays before being cooked for attendees of the ceremony, by an altar that includes photographs of slain Jesuit Priests Javier Campos and Joaquin Mora, in Cuiteco, Mexico, Friday, May 10, 2024. Among the inhabitants of the Tarahumara mountains, especially among the Indigenous Raramuri people, priests are often regarded as profoundly beloved figures who fearlessly offer comfort and help. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
![Eduardo Verdugo Raramuri Indigenous men skin a slaughtered cow to cook for those attending a sacred Yumari ceremony to ask for rain and good crops and to honor two local Jesuit priests, Javier Campos and Joaquin Mora, who were murdered in 2022 by a gang leader, in Cuiteco, Mexico, Friday, May 10, 2024. Among the inhabitants of the Tarahumara mountains, especially among the Indigenous Raramuri people, priests are often regarded as profoundly beloved figures who fearlessly offer comfort and help. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/a3192c202dcd41979e4a994d052f2630/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Raramuri Indigenous men skin a slaughtered cow to cook for those attending a sacred Yumari ceremony to ask for rain and good crops and to honor two local Jesuit priests, Javier Campos and Joaquin Mora, who were murdered in 2022 by a gang leader, in Cuiteco, Mexico, Friday, May 10, 2024. Among the inhabitants of the Tarahumara mountains, especially among the Indigenous Raramuri people, priests are often regarded as profoundly beloved figures who fearlessly offer comfort and help. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
![Eduardo Verdugo A photo of slain Jesuit Priest Joaquín Mora stands at an altar during a sacred Yumari ceremony to ask for rain and good crops, and to honor Mora and a second priest, Javier Campos, who was murdered alongside him 2022 by a gang leader, as a woman carries birds that will be cooked for those who attend the ceremony in Cuiteco, Mexico, Friday, May 10, 2024. Among the inhabitants of the Tarahumara mountains, especially among the Indigenous Raramuri people, priests are often regarded as profoundly beloved figures who fearlessly offer comfort and help. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/36969ebb4b7b4b7aa17bdc846f09b543/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
A photo of slain Jesuit Priest Joaquín Mora stands at an altar during a sacred Yumari ceremony to ask for rain and good crops, and to honor Mora and a second priest, Javier Campos, who was murdered alongside him 2022 by a gang leader, as a woman carries birds that will be cooked for those who attend the ceremony in Cuiteco, Mexico, Friday, May 10, 2024. Among the inhabitants of the Tarahumara mountains, especially among the Indigenous Raramuri people, priests are often regarded as profoundly beloved figures who fearlessly offer comfort and help. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
![Eduardo Verdugo Rev. Jesus Reyes baptizes a child in the atrium of the Saint Francis Xavier Parish church in Cerocahui, Mexico, Sunday, May 12, 2024. In this area of the church, Reyes witnessed the shooting of two of his fellow Jesuit priests, Javier Campos and Joaquin Mora, when gang leader "El Chueco" shot them to death. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/a6fc63ac8edc45309c7222033eec75e4/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Rev. Jesus Reyes baptizes a child in the atrium of the Saint Francis Xavier Parish church in Cerocahui, Mexico, Sunday, May 12, 2024. In this area of the church, Reyes witnessed the shooting of two of his fellow Jesuit priests, Javier Campos and Joaquin Mora, when gang leader "El Chueco" shot them to death. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
![Eduardo Verdugo A peace flag flutters on the perimeter fence of the Saint Francis Xavier Parish church, where two Jesuit priests were murdered in 2022 by gang leader "El Chueco," in Cerocahui, Mexico, Sunday, May 12, 2024. The National Guard established a permanent base in Cerocahui in response to the killings and the military remained in the area after El Chueco was found dead in 2023. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/d2f6fdabcb1449a4a75db0aab1013b0d/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
A peace flag flutters on the perimeter fence of the Saint Francis Xavier Parish church, where two Jesuit priests were murdered in 2022 by gang leader "El Chueco," in Cerocahui, Mexico, Sunday, May 12, 2024. The National Guard established a permanent base in Cerocahui in response to the killings and the military remained in the area after El Chueco was found dead in 2023. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
![Eduardo Verdugo The faces of 13 residents who were gunned down in the town square of Creel, Mexico, cover a wall as a memorial, Monday, May 13, 2024. Armed men opened fire against the locals hanging out in the public square in 2008, and Jesuit Priest Javier Avila arrived at the massacre site.“There were bodies everywhere,” Ávila said. “But no signs of the police.” (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/4e6234d20f064f31a8429467de93e744/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
The faces of 13 residents who were gunned down in the town square of Creel, Mexico, cover a wall as a memorial, Monday, May 13, 2024. Armed men opened fire against the locals hanging out in the public square in 2008, and Jesuit Priest Javier Avila arrived at the massacre site.“There were bodies everywhere,” Ávila said. “But no signs of the police.” (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
![Eduardo Verdugo Raramuri Indigenous youth dance during a sacred Yumari ceremony to ask for rain and good crops and to honor two local Jesuit priests, Javier Campos and Joaquin Mora, who were murdered in 2022 by a gang leader, in Cuiteco, Mexico, Saturday, May 11, 2024. Among the inhabitants of the Tarahumara mountains, especially among the Indigenous Raramuri people, priests are often regarded as profoundly beloved figures who fearlessly offer comfort and help. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/220d6948ab4a441ab5cce3d341534aa3/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Raramuri Indigenous youth dance during a sacred Yumari ceremony to ask for rain and good crops and to honor two local Jesuit priests, Javier Campos and Joaquin Mora, who were murdered in 2022 by a gang leader, in Cuiteco, Mexico, Saturday, May 11, 2024. Among the inhabitants of the Tarahumara mountains, especially among the Indigenous Raramuri people, priests are often regarded as profoundly beloved figures who fearlessly offer comfort and help. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
![Eduardo Verdugo Raramuri Indigenous people set up a table for offerings alongside a photograph of murdered Jesuit Priest Javier Campos, for a sacred Yumari ceremony to ask for rain and good crops and to honor Campos and another priest, Joaquin Mora, who was murdered alongside him in 2022 by a gang leader, in Cuiteco, Mexico, Friday, May 10, 2024. Among the inhabitants of the Tarahumara mountains, especially among the Indigenous Raramuri people, priests are often regarded as profoundly beloved figures who fearlessly offer comfort and help. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/86e24ccf8907490fb6db94a6538066fa/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Raramuri Indigenous people set up a table for offerings alongside a photograph of murdered Jesuit Priest Javier Campos, for a sacred Yumari ceremony to ask for rain and good crops and to honor Campos and another priest, Joaquin Mora, who was murdered alongside him in 2022 by a gang leader, in Cuiteco, Mexico, Friday, May 10, 2024. Among the inhabitants of the Tarahumara mountains, especially among the Indigenous Raramuri people, priests are often regarded as profoundly beloved figures who fearlessly offer comfort and help. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
![Eduardo Verdugo Raramuri Indigenous men choose a knife to slaughter a cow that will be cooked to feed those attending a sacred Yumari ceremony to ask for rain and good crops and to honor two local Jesuit priests, Javier Campos and Joaquin Mora, who were murdered in 2022 by a gang leader, in Cuiteco, Mexico, Saturday, May 11, 2024. Among the inhabitants of the Tarahumara mountains, especially among the Indigenous Raramuri people, priests are often regarded as profoundly beloved figures who fearlessly offer comfort and help. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/2d208a6b753141c0b1db73aa3960dd97/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Raramuri Indigenous men choose a knife to slaughter a cow that will be cooked to feed those attending a sacred Yumari ceremony to ask for rain and good crops and to honor two local Jesuit priests, Javier Campos and Joaquin Mora, who were murdered in 2022 by a gang leader, in Cuiteco, Mexico, Saturday, May 11, 2024. Among the inhabitants of the Tarahumara mountains, especially among the Indigenous Raramuri people, priests are often regarded as profoundly beloved figures who fearlessly offer comfort and help. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
![Eduardo Verdugo Jesuit Priest Javier Avila gives an interview in his office decorated with crosses and crucifixes in Creel, Mexico, Monday, May 13, 2024. Often, people knock on his door, asking for a marriage, a divorce or a blessing. Others seek help to find missing family members or to denounce excessive use of force by the National Guard.“People still believe in us,” said Ávila, who has worked in the region since the 1970s. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/de4b13069c8b4ce48848b03d42e02a23/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Jesuit Priest Javier Avila gives an interview in his office decorated with crosses and crucifixes in Creel, Mexico, Monday, May 13, 2024. Often, people knock on his door, asking for a marriage, a divorce or a blessing. Others seek help to find missing family members or to denounce excessive use of force by the National Guard.“People still believe in us,” said Ávila, who has worked in the region since the 1970s. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)