Police have found the body of missing Cristo del Rey pastor, Fr Jesse Euresti, dumped near a highway in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. Associated Press reports that Fr Euresti vanished a week ago after going to the Nuevo Laredo house he bought in September to do some repair work.
A neighbor called police after finding blood in the garage and his bedroom, said Euresti's niece, Beatrice Rios.
His mattress and an area rug were missing.
Mexican authorities found a body off a highway in Nuevo Laredo over the weekend; family members confirmed his identity.
"They did find my uncle's body," Rios said Monday. "My mom confirmed it."
Christian Gonzalez, spokesman for the Diocese of Austin, said Euresti, the pastor of Cristo Rey Catholic Church in south Austin, had been making weekly trips to work on the house before his scheduled retirement in July.
The 69-year-old, ordained in 1965, had worked as an Air Force chaplain and in bilingual parishes all over Texas before returning to Cristo Rey, his childhood parish, in the final years of his career.
"He loved Mexico and he loved Laredo. He would vacation there a lot," Rios said. "We tried to convince him not to buy a house down there. He would say, 'It'll be OK. You don't mess with them, they won't mess with you.'"
But Rios says her uncle insisted he would be safe and had never had trouble with anyone there before.She says Euresti loved God, and she has no doubt that he forgave whoever killed him.
A caretaker had been staying at the home, and Rios said Mexican authorities were questioning him.
SV: we here at CW wish to extend our sincerest sympathies to the family, friends and parishoners of Fr Euresti. RIP
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