Mexico’s slow slide towards vigilante violence

Misra, Amalendu (2024) Mexico’s slow slide towards vigilante violence. The Conversation, London, UK.

Abstract

Mexico has witnessed two high-profile public lynchings within the space of two weeks. In late March, a woman suspected of murdering an eight-year-old girl in Taxco, Guerrero, was lynched by an angry mob. Then, on April 9, a policeman was beaten to death by residents of the city of Zacatelco after attempting to intervene in the lynching of two men suspected of killing a taxi driver.