Christians Murdered in El Salvador

Please read Six Evangelical Christians, Including Teenager, Murdered in El Salvador, by Morgan Lee, at The Christian Post.





"Six evangelical Christians were shot to death at the weekend in El Salvador by gang members, local officials have reported.

"The Christian men, whose ages ranged from 16 to 54, were killed in Ahuachapán State, a rural western region close to the Guatemala border.

"According to Fox News Latino, those targeted were leaving a church service when gunfire broke out. Investigators have been unable to determine what motivated the shootings, though gang wars frequently occur in this part of the country..."

"...There were 2,492 homicides in 2013 in El Salvador, a country of 6.2 million. The number was 102 fewer than the 2,594 homicides in recorded in 2012. Prior to the truce, there were 4,000 murders in El Salvador in 2011.

"According to the State Department's 2008 International Religious Freedom Report, just over 50 percent of the country is Catholic. Protestants, consisting of high numbers of Baptist and Assembly of God churches, make up 27 percent of El Salvador's population."

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