More Mexican Mayhem subject logo: MEXICO
2010-08-17
Posted by: badanov

15 Die in Northern Mexico

A total of 15 individuals were murdered in ongoing drug and gang related violence in northern Mexico which included a triple shooting in Monterrey, Nuevo leon.

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From the Hung-Up-On-Crime Department

A young thief had to be rescued by police from angry villagers in Oaxaca in Mexico, after a they hanged him from his feet in punishment for his alleged crimes, say Mexican press accounts.

Ismael Lopez Hernandez, 17, of the village Santa Cruz Xoxocotlan, was somehow detained by irate villagers who proceeded to hang him by his feet and threaten to burn him alive for stealing a cell phone from a minor.

Villagers had him hanging in a church courtyard for hours constantly being threatened with immolation until police negotiated his release in exchange for reinforced patrols in the area.