Mexico: Lynched to death of man accused of plotting to kidnap a minor

Furious crowd lynched to death man who accused him of wanting to kidnap a minor in the state of Puebla (central Mexico), local authorities announced yesterday Sunday.

“This is not justice, this is barbarism. The competent authorities are investigating what happened in order to assign (criminal) responsibilities “stressed in a statement of the municipality of Watsinango.

Daniel Picasso, 31, was beaten and burned alive on Friday by a crowd of about 200 people in the Papatlasolco community, about 180 kilometers from the capital, according to the same source.

Police tried to save him, but residents stopped them.

#Mexico Linchan a joven por error en #Puebla; pobladores creyeron que era un robachicos # 12Jun

Daniel Picazo, an abbot who collaborates in the Cámara de Diputados, who enjoys traveling and solo había acudido al municipio de #Huauchinango para conocerlo. #SucesosCri pic.twitter.com/Q1u2QHEvoc

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When law enforcement officers tried to put him in a patrol car, residents pulled him out of the car, forcibly took him to a stadium, where they beat him, covered him with flammable liquid and burned him alive.

En #Puebla linchan a un joven por error😡

In the Papatlazolco commune of Huachinango’s municipality, lincharon pobladores by mistake of Daniel Picazo of 31 years of age who were abducted and assaulted by a Diputada of the State of Mexico. pic.twitter.com/urocFGo7uC

– El Valle (@elvallemexico) June 12, 2022

The body was recovered after the residents left the stadium.

The residents’ mobilization and the accusations against Picasso were due to a telephone messaging service, which informed that he was in the community allegedly a criminal with the intention of kidnapping minors, according to the press release of the municipality of Watsinango.

The victim has been working since March 2022 as an advisor to the Parliament, the institution stressed through social networking sites, denouncing his horrific murder.

Crimes of this nature are not uncommon in Mexico. They are usually committed in isolated areas, where it takes time for law enforcement to arrive.

One of the most dramatic was committed in 2019, also in Puebla, where seven men were beaten and burned alive.