According to the National Catholic Reporter (29 October 2019), armed men stormed "El Refugio", a shelter for migrants in Jalisco, beat the Catholic priest in charge and stole money. The priest, who is known to be a promoter of human rights for migrants and refugees in the locality, had suffered an attempt at extortion just hours beforehand. This incident is part of a wave of attacks on Catholic staff and churches in Mexico. Rossana Ramirez, persecution analyst at World Watch Research (WWR), comments: "Both the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) and the Jalisco State Human Rights Commission (CEDHJ) have emphasized that such incidents are not to be categorized as isolated acts of ordinary crime, but rather as part of a deliberate strategy to prevent support being given to migrants (Reporte Indigo, 1 November 2019). If migrants are unprotected, they become more vulnerable to the danger of falling into the hands of organized crime. Christian groups defending the rights of migrants are seen as an obstruction to the interests of criminal groups, which is why they become victims of violence (Vida Nueva, 28 October 2019)."