Chapter 243: Priest? Bodyguard?
Hanni, whom Yu Ming knew, was a pastor, and the pastor belonged to Protestantism and could get married. Catholic priests, nuns, and monks are not allowed to marry.
On this occasion, the tour will be received by the Archbishop of Mexico, the leader of the Mexican Catholic Church. Although it was only an hour, it was a rare honor for a small-scale Tianai Sect. Some of the devout believers were a little excited. Mandy was very calm, and didn't care if he didn't see the archbishop. Yu Ming estimated that Mandy had seen a bigger one.
The tour group will camp in the steppes of Chivawa on the day, and it is not a simple camp, but already prepared haode. Cars carry tents, teachers have prepared food, and the campsite is only 20 kilometers from the nearest town, which sends a police car to accompany it. Chihuahua's proximity to the United States, the economy and security are relatively good, camping today is the main event, tomorrow morning to visit the Pyramid of the Moon, in the afternoon to Mexico City, then rest in the hotel for the night, the next day to the general church. The schedule is still tight, and if there are unexpected circumstances, Mayan monuments may be cancelled.
The reason why Mexico is in a hurry is that Mexico is really not very safe. There are as many drug dealers as there are the military, and the capital, Mexico City, is relatively good. Kidnapping and drug trafficking are two of Mexico's biggest security cancers, with an average of 47 people being kidnapped every day. Three-tenths of kidnappings are linked to drug cartels. Chihuahua had been shot two years earlier, when a gang of drug dealers stormed the quiet town and kidnapped the mayor.
Given the poor security situation, the trip to Mexico is still rushed, and the focus will be on a 10-day trip to Chile and Uruguay. Originally, there were only two days in Mexico and three days in Colombia, but because the archbishop gave face, this time it was slightly changed to three days, and the order was also a little nervous. The priest in the town was contacted, and the priest communicated with the police, so four police officers were sent to accompany everyone to camp in a car.
Ordinary people want to keep their security in the hands of the police, while Mandy prefers to control it herself. In the afternoon, Mandy had a super bad stomach ache and wanted to find an excuse to go to the toilet and let everyone go first. Yu Ming drove the car off the road until it reached a river. There was a small truck by the river, and two big men leaned in front of the car to smoke and wait. Mandy got out of the car, and the two big men waved. Then open the back compartment. Mandy took the M4, pistols, directional mines, grenades, plastic bombs. Shoulder-fired anti-tank missiles. Mandy shook hands with the two big men, spoke Spanish, and returned to the car.
Yu Ming asked, "Mandy." Who are you going to war with? ”
"Be prepared." Mandy taped the rifle under the steering wheel. The pistol was in his arms, and the grenade was placed in a gift box in front of the car. The rest was all in the trunk. Yu Ming found that the car was also Mandiding, and there was a mechanism in the back box, so he put the weapon in it and covered it with iron sheets. I don't see that there is a mechanism at all.
"Hello, Blue Wave Juliet." Yu Ming drove back to the road.
"You don't ask where the weapon is?" Mandy asked.
"Are you sure you want to answer?"
"You ask."
Yu Ming was helpless: "Where did you get the weapon?" ”
"I won't tell you." Mandy daxiao, and then said, "CIA, my father's friend contacted the CIA's people. These are all black market goods. The average drug cartel operates in towns with a maximum of 20 people, usually three to eight people to commit crimes, and I think it is enough to deal with it, and their main manpower is to protect the cultivation area and the drug production area. Honey, your heart is beating a little fast. ”
Can it not be fast? Brother used to carry two grenades, and he was so anxious that he rolled all over the ground, and now you get a whole group of guys in one go. Yu Ming asked, "Aren't you allowed to be afraid?" ”
"Honey, I'm just worried that you won't admit to being afraid." Mandy said: "This is just to prepare for emergencies, in fact, there are emergencies that use pistols." Are you sure you don't have one with you? ”
"No, it's enough to have Blue Bo Juliet." Yu Mingqian smiled: "And my role is to avoid you need to use the Blue Wave identity." ”
"You're the best." Mandy kissed Yu Ming on the cheek.
"Since I'm the best, listen to me. You first investigate the armed liliang in the town, the security situation, the local news, and then you will drive, and I will see how likely it is to be attacked. ”
"Listen to you."
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Mandy was driving, and when she saw Yu Ming pondering, she asked, "Honey, how is it?" ”
"Sure enough, I'm not the material for analyzing intelligence." Yu Ming gave up, the information was not too little, but too much. Yu Ming only grasps a little bit of work, and boring large data is not what he is good at.
"Don't worry too much, 89 percent of people in Mexico are Catholic, and there are very few attacks on religionists and religious groups by drug traffickers."
Yu Mingnian News: "In the southern port city of Mexico, the resort town of Alapulco, militants kidnapped a tour group of 20 members. My dear, what is your unique opinion on this time? ”
One member of the tour group reported to the authorities that he had separated from the group with another member of the group, but when he returned, he found that all the other members were missing, and suspected that they had been kidnapped. Eyewitnesses confirmed that an armed group abducted and transported more than a dozen people in four vehicles. These are the same vehicles that the tour group is travelling in. The abandoned vehicles were later found by the police near the place where they were abducted.
Yu Ming picked up the walkie-talkie: "Hello Dear Father, judging from the Mexican news, travel seems to be more dangerous. ”
Father Green replied: "Hello sir, there is no precedent for Mexican drug traffickers to attack and kidnap clergy, and if the situation you said really occurs, I will block them." ”
Not only that, but the kidnappers also contacted the families of the abductees through the priest, and Fr. Green asked: "Are you watching the news?" What's the news on Zivava? ”
Yu Ming looked at the computer and read: "The Associated Press reported on the 4th that a video of a priest having sex with his female secretary in Chihuahua in northern Mexico was exposed in the newspaper. Currently, he is in danger of being excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church. ”
The walkie-talkie was silent for an instant, and Mandy glanced at Yu Ming sadly, and Yu Ming picked up the computer and said that the news was under the tour group news. Yu Ming continued to read the news, searching for kidnappers and priests, and only found one news, a priest who ran a refugee camp, a fairly well-known drug cartel, and twelve armed men asked the priest to hand over 14 illegal immigrants to them, otherwise they would bear the consequences. Drug cartels kidnap illegal immigrants in order to engage women in pornography and men in low-end criminal activities. The unarmed, but arrogant, priest himself refused to let the militants in, and then appealed to the authorities for help. After more than two hours of stalemate, the drug cartel finally withdrew from the camp. During this period, they did not verbally abuse or beat the priest. The most ruthless thing to say is that the sentence is at your own risk.
It seems that the Tianai Church is not without purpose, and if you look at Brazil and Colombia, both of which are Catholic-dominated countries, the inquiry found that there has been no news of attacks on churches and clergy in Colombia, Brazil, and Mexico for ten years. No wonder there are two priests accompanying the tour. Although the priest is only the administrator of the church, the most basic administrator, he is also the staff approved by the pope.
"In some troubled countries in Africa, churches are also seen as shelters. Of course, there are often news of churches being attacked, and the influence of Catholicism in Africa is not great. But judging by the armed attacks on African churches in the past five years, no one has deliberately killed priests. In the U.S. Army manual, it is not allowed to attack religious buildings unless it is an emergency. In Canada, for example, where the law gives the right to arrest any criminal, the government is in fact reluctant to enter church territory to arrest anyone, and a former KGB official hid for four years in a church in Vancouver to avoid deportation. ”
"Really?" Yu Ming didn't think so, as far as he was concerned, this was the same as the robbery target. One is a strong man who is a relative of a robber, and he has a group of thugs. One is that the old man has nothing to do with the robbers, there is no shili. The possibility of the old man being robbed is definitely greater, and robbing the strong man will cause follow-up problems. However, this does not mean that strong men are not in danger of being robbed, but the probability of being robbed is lower.
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The group reached the vicinity of the town, where the two faculty members were ready, an abandoned shooting range built on a wasteland, with a view of the desert to the north and the grassland to the south. After a short break, at four o'clock, there is a study group that includes sharing, confession, which belongs to the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church.
Sharing means that everyone sits around and talks about recent events, what inspiration they have received, and what they have done. If you do something bad or want to do something bad, go to confession and repentance. In the share, you can talk about your troubles and so on.
Yu Ming appeared in third place, and Father Green was very polite: "If you don't want to, you can not say it." ”
Why is this sentence so familiar? Damn, you have the right to be silent. Because Mandy has an encouraging eye, Yu Ming can only explain: "I am very happy to have this opportunity to visit South America, and I am very happy to meet everyone." ”
Wife Six raised her hand: "Can I ask a question that may be offensive?" ”
No, but you have to give Mandy face, Yu Ming nodded: "Of course." "Look, as soon as a man gets married, he starts to be duplicitous.
"I don't understand the lack of faith, the lack of basic spiritual support, when you are in difficulty, how do you deal with it? What motivates you to get through. ”
Yu Ming thought about it and said: "It may be that you don't understand China, and China advocates benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith. Benevolence, willingness to help others, courtesy to others, understanding of life and honesty. Although many people do not have faith, we also have basic morals. Your question can be answered in the second half of the sentence: loyalty, filial piety, honesty and bravery, no slackness in society and career, good and filial piety first, no ill-gotten gains, shame in infringing on the rights and interests of others, and courage and strength. Although this cross standard has been lowered a lot in modern society, it is still the basis for evaluating a person. ”
Yu Ming This is not nonsense, people who act bravely are always applauded by the public, and those who violate others are always criticized by the public. With the opening of the Internet, everyone's social and moral standards are slowly unifying. (To be continued......)