I read through the piece again and got a few search leads and plugged in the religious affairs office. I found this on the US State Department website.
The generally amicable relationship among religions in society contributed to religious freedom; however, in certain southern areas, political, cultural, and religious tensions continued to limit the free practice of religion within some communities. Most such incidents occurred in the State of Chiapas, but government officials, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and the evangelical and Catholic churches agree the roots of these conflicts sometimes lie in political, ethnic, or land disputes.
Chiapas is known for its political instability and it wasn't hard to see the agenda in this little piece. What struck me is that the priest, if there is one, was never spoken of, just the pastor of the Evangelical church. Even if this is true, it sounds more political rather than religious.
Here is an article from NCR from 1996 but it shows how the political strife has been going on for many years and that the religious do suffer but it is still all about politics and power and not religion.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1141/is_n33_v32/ai_18447365
I'm not even saying that some version of this story isn't true but the article had AGENDA written all over in IMHO.
What agenda would that be? I don't see either of the 'sides' of this article as being pets of the MSM or anything.
I had no intention to be catholic-bashing on this thread -- but just that it seems religious intolerance is right next door (of course, we know it's literally in our own country already but not yet to that extent). And I actually was more interested in how it reflects on the immigration problem, as well as the governmental and cultural corruption of Mexico.