Relatives of the former residents say the church was known as the Iglesia de Santiago.
Some of them say an earthquake destroyed one of the 10-foot walls in the 1940s.
The last time the church emerged was in 2002 when several worshipers walked to the building to celebrate a Mass.
Before the completion of the dam in 1966, there was a small village near the church, a community of four neighborhoods, each one named after a saint.
The Quechula Church is 61 meters long and has been under water since 1966 when the Malpaso Dam was completed on the Grijalva River.
Fuente: http://elpais.com/elpais/2015/10/19/inenglish/1445257153_918330.html
