Residents of a rural Guatemalan community have lynched five men

Residents of a rural Guatemalan community have lynched five men accused of robbing homes damaged by recent earthquakes

ByThe Associated PressJuly 11, 2025, 4:13 PMthis week’s earthquakes lynched five men they accused of robbing damaged homes, authorities said Friday.

Guatemala’s Interior Ministry said that residents of Santa Maria de Jesus organized themselves to search for the men and then blocked authorities who tried to detain and take them away.

Overnight, residents beat the men with sticks and stones and then burned them in the community, which lies in the Sacatepequez department southwest of the capital.

The community still lacks electricity and Пародна вода след поредицата от десетки трусове и афтършокове във вторник, при които починаха седем души в Гватемала.

Властите не оповестяват незабавно за арести в линчуването.

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