Crime of Father Amaro Breaks Mexico Box Office Records
The film The Crime of Father Amaro drew protests from priests yet set Mexico’s box office record for estreno weekend. It earned 3.2 million dollars across 863000 viewers in 365 theaters, beating Y Tu Mama Tambien’s prior top gross. Gael Garcia Bernal stars as the priest in a controversial modern adaptation of Jose Maria de Queiroz’s satire.
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Clash in Chiapas targets Protestants injures five
Gunmen believed to be militant Catholics ambushed Protestant families in San Juan Chamula Chiapas wounding five on the first day of school. The attack follows decades of religious tension with Catholic leaders pressuring uniformity and expulsion of Protestants. Nearby Ocosingo saw leftist Zapatista clashes leaving nine injured as PRI supporters and rivals fought with sticks guns and machetes.
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