" for the moment , this does damage to the logistics " of the papal visit , najera said .
pope expected to address drug violence in mexico enlarge this image toggle caption hector guerrero afp getty images hector guerrero afp getty images pope benedict xvi begins a visit friday that takes him to mexico , a country with around 100 million catholics , and to cuba , a place where church leaders have played an increasingly active role in seeking change .
the hacker group anonymous in mexico crashed at least two of the websites for pope benedict xvi 's upcoming visit to mexico on thursday , claiming the papal visit is a political move to support the conservative national action party .
anonymous mexico said in a video posted on social media sites that the pope 's visit will cost mexicans money that could be better spent on the poor , and is meant to support the pan candidate josefina vazquez mota is trailing front - runner enrique pena nieto of the institutional revolutionary party by at least 10 percentage points in most polls on the race .
security concerns the local archbishop says he 's aware of the
the site contained information on the pope 's planned activities starting friday in the north - central state of guanajuato , which is governed by president felipe calderon 's national action party , or pan .
in mexico , it 's the brutal drug war that has claimed roughly 50,000 lives over the past five years .
 
in the past episodes of intimidation , the narcos have lined up a series of human heads outside a slaughterhouse and piled human corpses outside a convention where prosecutors gathered .