MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities found the body of a missing priest Monday in Mexico's violence-torn southern state of Guerrero, the same area where a retired bishop who had tried to mediate between local cartels was kidnapped last year.

The state prosecutor’s office announced the discovery in a statement identifying the deceased only as Bertoldo N and said they were investigating his death as a homicide.

The diocese of Chilpancingo-Chilapa reported the disappearance of Rev. Bertoldo Pantaleón Estrada on Saturday, and the church where he worked confirmed in a statement late Monday that the body had been identified as the missing priest and thanked everybody who helped to find him.

The 58-year-old priest was the pastor of the San Cristobal church in the town of Mezcala, an area with high l

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