Mexican bishop hospitalized after brief abduction

A retired Mexican bishop known for brokering deals with drug cartel bosses was located in a hospital bed after being incommunicado for two days, though local officials say he was briefly abducted in an "express kidnapping" by unknown assailants.

Mexican bishops remain open to dialogue with drug cartels

The news stunned Mexico: Four bishops from southern Guerrero state acknowledged in mid-February that they had met with drug cartel bosses to broker a possible truce.

The talks failed to produce a peace accord, but achieved agreement that the cartel would cease attacks

Mexican presidential hopefuls meet Pope Francis

Mexico's two main presidential candidates have met with Pope Francis in the prelude to the country's election campaigns, marking a further retreat from the country's previously strictly secular political culture as they court voters in the predominantly Catholic country.

Claudia Sheinbaum, candidate for

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