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Mexico’s slow slide towards vigilante violence

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Published
Publication date17/04/2024
Place of PublicationLondon, UK
PublisherThe Conversation
EditionElectronic
Media of outputOnline
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

Mexico has witnessed two high-profile public lynchings within the space of two weeks. In late March, a woman suspected of murdering an eight-year-old girl in Taxco, Guerrero, was lynched by an angry mob. Then, on April 9, a policeman was beaten to death by residents of the city of Zacatelco after attempting to intervene in the lynching of two men suspected of killing a taxi driver.