Two innocent men have been burned alive by a massive lynch mob after WhatsApp rumours branded them child abductors.
A large crowd gathered outside the police station after rumours spread about the two men.
A mob dragged two men out of a police station, savagely beat them and then set them on fire, killing them, after a false rumour was spread on WhatsApp about the pair being child kidnappers.
The mother of one of the men made a desperate plea for the crowd to stop as she watched the lynching unfold on a Facebook livestream.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-46145986
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 14 2018, @04:57PM (2 children)
This was in front of a police station. The men were dragged out of that police station. The police was already there; calling them would have been pointless.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 14 2018, @05:21PM (1 child)
I hope they have laws which will permit prosecuting those cops for failing in their duty of care.
(Score: 2) by The Archon V2.0 on Wednesday November 14 2018, @05:37PM
> failing in their duty of care.
In Mexico isn't it more "duty of cartel"?