Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Mexican villagers bulldoze 18th century chapel

Mexican officials said Tuesday they have filed a criminal complaint after villagers in the central state of Tlaxcala bulldozed a chapel from the 1700s.

Arturo Balandrano, the head of the historical monuments for the National Institute of Anthropology and History, said he doesn't know why people in the township of San Pablo del Monte tore down the Chapel of Holy Christ late Saturday and early Sunday.

"We don't understand how a community that is eminently Catholic, that traditionally follows the rites of the Catholic Church, could have committed this barbaric act," Balandrano said.

Calls seeking comment were not . . .

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