President of the AEBC Tijuana Ministerial Evangelical Alliance, pastor Guillermo Favela was stabbed under his left arm in a street near Rios de Agua Viva Church on May 18, the church he led in the city of Tijuana.
It happened after he refused to pay 30,000 Mexican pesos-per-month (approximately £1,100) in protection money for the church, which is a short distance from the US border and the city San Diego.
Two weeks since it happened, the Baja California state Evangelical Alliance (AEBC) is condemning the incident and is calling for the perpetrator to be brought to justice.
Guillermo Favela is also the president of the AEBC Tijuana Ministerial Evangelical Alliance.
In a statement, the organisation said: "We firmly believe in a state of law and in a government structure that, by its nature, should not allow these types of abuses and should persistently pursue these types of attacks, which are on the increase in our city of Tijuana.
"We are extremely concerned that governability is being lost, and that now the religious sector is being targeted for harassment and intimidation in order to obtain more resources through the sowing of fear."
According to Christian Solidarity Worldwide, churches in Mexico have increasingly been targeted for extortion over the last decade.
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The advocacy and human rights organisation's chief executive, Mervyn Thomas, said: "We were troubled to learn of the attack on Pastor Favela and we stand with the Baja California Evangelical Alliance in their call for a full investigation and prosecution.
"We are concerned by the increase in attacks on church leaders and deterioration in the rule of law in many parts of Mexico and call on the Mexican government to strengthen its efforts to fight impunity."