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How Mexican Cartel Violence Disrupted a Guadalajara Church

How Mexican Cartel Violence Disrupted a Guadalajara Church

Friday, February 27, 2026
Before the Sunday-morning service on February 22, pastor Constantino Varas sensed something was wrong. Several members of his church, Iglesia Bautista Gracia & Amor in Guadalajara, Mexico, sent text messages reporting problems getting to the building. These were not the expected disruptions caused by that morning’s half marathon but rather narcobloqueos, or blockades consisting of Read more... The post How Mexican Cartel Violence Disrupted a Guadalajara Church appeared first on Christianity Today.