Guatemala: Pastor Shot Dead By Suspected Drug Traffickers

Pastor Neftali Leiva, a father of five daughters, was gunned down on his way to a regional meeting of Church leaders in a violent border area near Mexico, according to Worthy Christian News.

The shooting was witnessed by another Pastor.

The witnessing Pastor was quoted as saying that an unknown assailant walked up to the victim without a word and shot him point blank several times.

When the shooter saw the witness a short way down the street, he reportedly also fired three times in his direction.

Christians said that the murdered Pastor had been on leave for nearly a year because he had been severely injured when hit by a car.

The Church leaders meeting was to mark "his return to full-time ministry", Christians said.