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Colombian priests allegedly hired their own killers

The case of two Colombian Roman Catholic priests who were murdered last year took a twist Tuesday, when it became known that investigators believe they planned their own deaths and hired hitmen to kill them.

Rafael Reatiga and Richard Piffano, both of them priests, were found dead inside a car on January 27, 2011. The authorities immediately suspected a robbery, since the two men had drawn a large amount of money from the bank a day earlier and the cash was never found.

Investigators tracked down calls made by the two priests in the hours before they were shot. They came to a gang of hitmen and arrested two of its members.

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  • Linda F.

    The only thing that is more cowardly than killing yourself, is hiring someone to do it for you.

  • Cynthia

    They didn't think they'd get into Heaven if they committed suicide.

    • Linda F.

      And yet, they thought that they'd get into heaven if they hired someone else to murder them?

      • http://rationalresponses.blogspot.com/ Jeff Dixon

        I know, who would have ever thought that religious people could make such dumbass decisions about the afterlife?

        • millergroup2

          Remember your place Jeff. Why would you comment about the "after life"? Told you you were curious. What if God is really there? Yep, you know it…..there is an after life. Until you know it in your spirit, better stop bashing Christians, and their belief.

          • http://rationalresponses.blogspot.com/ Jeff Dixon

            My place? Yes sair, massa.

            Commenting on a belief of Christians hardly means I secretly believe. I guess when Creationists comment on natural selection, that means they actual believe in Evolution. Or when Christians comment on Allah, that means they secretly want to be Muslims.

          • millergroup2

            Sigh

          • http://rationalresponses.blogspot.com/ Jeff Dixon

            Make silly comments and expect silly responses.

  • Steve03

    Having read the story, and worked with 3rd world policemen, I suspect the story as we have it is more-or-less a lie. It's likely that someone — a government official, a landowner, a drug lord, or the like — decided to rid himself of two turbulent priests and came up with an elaborate story to discredit the priests and discourage outsiders from nosing around. Forty years ago, such troublemakers would have been killed resisting arrest, beaten themselves to death while in police custody, or simply disappeared, but nobody believes those stories any more.

    • Esteban Cafe

      Good logical thinking. I too have heard stories of despotic dealings by Federals. La Mordida is the order of the day.

  • http://twitter.com/Deepizzaguy @Deepizzaguy

    I have heard of the expression "Suicide by cop" but never "Suicide by a hit man."