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Guatemalan mayor lynched by crowd over attack on rival
Source: BBC
Guatemalan mayor lynched by crowd over attack on rival
12 October 2015 Latin America & Caribbean
The mayor of a town in western Guatemala has been lynched by a group of locals who accused him of ordering an attack on his political rival.
Mayor Basilio Juracan died after being beaten and set alight in Concepcion, Solola province, on Sunday.
The residents believed he was behind an earlier attack in which two women were killed and five other people injured.
Guatemala is one of the most violent countries in Latin America and gun crime is rampant.
However, the lynching of an elected official is unusual.
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12 October 2015 Latin America & Caribbean
The mayor of a town in western Guatemala has been lynched by a group of locals who accused him of ordering an attack on his political rival.
Mayor Basilio Juracan died after being beaten and set alight in Concepcion, Solola province, on Sunday.
The residents believed he was behind an earlier attack in which two women were killed and five other people injured.
Guatemala is one of the most violent countries in Latin America and gun crime is rampant.
However, the lynching of an elected official is unusual.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-34504264
