"This was not a kidnapping, nor organized crime or an attack on the church, this was a social meeting in which there was a falling out among the participants," prosecutors said.
Priest José Alfredo López Guillén was reported as kidnapped last week; his body was found today on a highway between Puruándiro and Zináparo.
The bodies were found Sunday dumped outside a private medical clinic in the Pacific coast resort city of Mazatlán, Sinaloa.
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Priest reported as kidnapped allegedly seen in video entering hotel with 16-year-old boy
Quadratín claims that priest reported as kidnapped seen entering hotel with minor; Church officials reported priest as kidnapped on Monday
Priest José Alfredo López Guillén was kidnapped from his parish residence in the town of Janamuato, Michoacán.
Authorities say María Villar Galaz was kidnapped in Mexico City on Sept. 13 and her body was found in neighboring Mexico State.
The two priests were found dead Monday, hours after being abducted in Poza Rica, Veracruz.
Authorities said that the two kidnapped priests were found dead in an area located on the Papantla-Poza Rica highway.
According to the authorities, an armed group entered the local parish in the municipality of Poza Rica and kidnapped the priest and two other men.
Earlier, officials had said they presumed that the kidnappers had taken another "El Chapo" son, Iván Archivaldo Guzmán.