aucontrarian.blogspot.com / By Frederick J. Sheehan / December 21, 2012
“While Christmas is undoubtedly a time of great joy, it is also an occasion for deep reflection, even an examination of conscience.”
-Pope Benedict XVI, Financial Times, December 20, 2012, “A Time for Christians to Engage the World”
-From a wishful thinker in Switzerland, December 20, 2012
Maria Santos Gorrostieta Salazar was murdered by emissaries from the Mexican drug cartel on November 17, 2012. The Financial Times and the Daily Telegraph published obituaries, which is the source of the following. The two newspapers seem to be the only English-language media sources, so the story here is brief and perhaps contains errors. (For instance, I’ve also read she died on November 12, 2012; that, she had three sons, and, that she had two daughters and one son.)
Gorrostieta had been mayor of Tiquicheo, a small town southwest of Mexico from 2008 until recently (before her death). She was 36-years old. She was to the manor born, a doctor, and “a glamorous figure who would always turn heads at political meetings.” She left three children behind. Her husband had been murdered by the money interests when an attempt to kill Maria Gorrostieta failed three years before.
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