Monday, October 13, 2025

Young man is 16th victim of lynching this year in Puebla

A suspected burglar was lynched in Puebla yesterday, becoming the 16th victim of deadly mob justice in the state this year.

According to authorities, residents of the Jorge Murad neighborhood in the state capital caught an approximately 20-year-old man trying to break into a house early yesterday morning.

They detained the young man, tied him to a post and beat him to death.

The vigilantes abandoned the victim’s near-naked body with a sign on his chest that read: “This happened to me for being a ratero [thief].”

Puebla Mayor Claudia Rivera said that no emergency calls were made to alert authorities to the incident, which occurred near Puebla’s largest market.

“We found out through the media. The police were the first to respond . . . As soon as we were notified, an operation was launched in the area,” she said.

Rivera added that the state Attorney General’s office will be in charge of the investigation to identify and locate those responsible for the crime.

During 2018, there have been 183 attempted lynchings in Puebla and police have prevented the deaths of 203 people targeted by angry mobs, according to the state Secretariat of Public Security (SSP).

The highest number of cases have occurred in the municipalities of Puebla, San Martín Texmelucan, Acajete and Amozoc.

The targets of the attempted lynchings have been accused of committing crimes including robbery, rape, assaults and kidnapping.

Two suspected child snatchers were beaten and burned alive by angry citizens of a town in the Puebla municipality of Acatlán de Osorio in August. A day later, two more people were killed in the same fashion in Hidalgo.

Behind those lynchings was hysteria whipped up by fake messages circulating on social media which supposedly served to alert citizens that a wave of kidnappings was taking place.

The SSP said that in 40% of attempted lynching cases this year, the perpetrators had no proof that their targets had actually committed the crime they were accused of.

Source: El Universal (sp) 

Have something to say? Paid Subscribers get all access to make & read comments.
candles in shape of a whale

Gulf of California whales sue for their right to a livable habitat

1
The lawsuit is based on constitutional and treaty obligations protecting wildlife, but it also foresees a philosophical sea change by assigning "rights" to animals.
people ride a boat through flooding in Puerto Vallarta

9-hour storm floods over 1,000 homes in Puerto Vallarta

0
Among the Puerto Vallarta neighborhoods affected by flooding were Ixtapa, Cañadas, Mojoneras, Bobadilla, La Floresta, Portales and Parque Las Palmas.
An aerial shot of Álamo, Veracruz, which was inundated by rainfall from the simultaneous passage of Hurricane Priscilla and Tropical Storm Raymond.

Flooding death toll reaches 64, Veracruz most affected with 29 dead, 18 missing

2
Various rivers burst their banks and landslides occurred in Veracruz, Puebla, Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí and Querétaro as a result of the torrential rain associated with Hurricane Priscilla and Tropical Storm Raymond last week.
BETA Version - Powered by Perplexity