Message on Juarez mountain to be removed, church group asks for more time

Letter by letter, the recent massive message on a Juarez mountain is being removed by group that put it up there.

Juarez city officials demanded “La Luz del Mundo” or Light of the World Church take down the message honoring the church’s leader.

According to ABC-7’s news partner XHIJ-TV channel 44 in Juarez, the group has started taking down the message and asked the city for a 30-day extension to clean up the rest of it.

Officials originally gave the church group until next Monday to remove the message, but the city is expected to make a decision Wednesday on the extension.

If the extension is denied and the group does not remove the message by next Monday, it could face an $11,000 fine.

The message reads, “50th Anniversary Apostol S.J.F” for leader Samuel Joaquin Flores.

Each letter measures about 100 feet wide and 150 feet tall.