Posted on 09/02/2015 6:02:18 AM PDT by blam
By Alexandra Ulmer and Diego Oré
September 2, 2015
VALENCIA/CARACAS (Reuters) - When a man they believed to be a thief sneaked into their parking lot in the Venezuelan city of Valencia, angry residents caught him, stripped him and beat him with fists, sticks and stones.
They tied him up and doused him in gasoline, according to witnesses, in one of what rights groups and media reports say are an increasing number of mob beatings and lynchings in a country ravaged by crime.
That August night, as locals say is common, three people had sneaked into Valencia's Kerdell residential block. In past such break-ins, thieves have made off with car tires, batteries and radios.
But this time, one resident spotted the trespassers and alerted other neighbors, according to the witnesses.
"'Kill him, give it to him,' they shouted," recounted Trina Castro, 82, in this once middle-class and peaceful area that is now plagued with garbage and graffiti. One reads: "Get ready, thief, here we burn you. Regards, Kerdell."
"I tried to stop the mob but the level of violence endangered anyone who opposed them," said another witness, asking to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation.
The unconscious man, who was not torched, was evacuated and is now in the local hospital's trauma ward, according to witnesses and Valencia's police.
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The problem is that is just what obama is waiting for to call for marshal law IMHO.
What you wrote about their filthy ways falls under the heading “culture”.
I’d have shot him dead on the spot.
Notice the mama has enough money to buy nail polish.
Hillary Clinton’s US?
PING!
This is an article about an awful video where a 16 year old girl is burned alive.
Shocking moment girl, 16, is surrounded and beaten by mob who burned her to death after she was involved in murdering a 68-year-old taxi driver in Guatemala
We may be headed this way if we don’t make some changes.
And...?
"And then along came Joe...
Long thin Joe...
Slow walkin' Joe, slow talkin' Joe,
along came long, thin, lanky Joe!"
And that's just in the USA.....
But did not light him on fire... sounds like a dire warning
Guess she won’t murder any more 68 year old taxi drivers in Guatemala huh.
Well this is what happens when people get cynical enough about the government.
You would have thought that someone would have had a magnifying glass....
Justice is mandatory. When civil justice fails, justice is still mandatory.
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