Police seek witness in investigation of Mexican seminarian's murder

Published: 2006-02-28

MEXICO CITY (CNS) -- Mexico City's chief prosecutor said the success of an investigation into the murder of a Catholic seminarian, who was soon to be ordained, hinges on a witness to the shooting coming forward and testifying. "He is the one who could have seen something. He was walking down the other side of the street," Mexico City Attorney General Bernardo Batiz told reporters Feb. 27. "We need him to present himself and give information -- something about the killer, (like) if he was driving a car or if he was on foot," Batiz said. Deacon Francisco Castrejon Aguado, 34, was driving through an upscale neighborhood in Mexico City during the early hours of Feb. 26 when one or more unidentified gunmen shot and killed him in his car. Batiz said two witnesses and two police officers who have testified so far in the case have been of no use, and police do not know if Deacon Castrejon was trying to resist a robbery or if the killer confused him with someone else.

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