Dramatic Ending: Accused of Witchcraft, Lynched and Burned Alive in Southern Mexico Town
· Telemundo McAllen (KTLM)
OCOSINGO, Chiapas – A man and a woman of Tseltal Maya descent were lynched and burned alive on Tuesday night in a community in the Mexican municipality of Ocosingo, located in the southern state of Chiapas, after being accused by locals of practicing witchcraft, state authorities confirmed to EFE. According to testimonies gathered in the community of Las Tacitas, whose authors requested anonymity for safety reasons, a group of residents detained the victims and took them to the main dome of the town, where they were subjected to several hours of verbal and physical abuse before being doused with fuel and set on fire. Videos circulated on social media show several people gathered as one of the victims, engulfed in flames, attempts to move around. After the lynching, the bodies were left on the outskirts of the community, along the side of a road, where they remained covered until authorities arrived.
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