Mexican authorities are looking into the lynching of four suspected burglars in the coastal state of Tabasco. Three victims were allegedly beaten and hanged, while the fourth was dragged from a moving vehicle by neighbors in the tourist town of Macuspana. One of the victims was a 16-year-old.
Initial information provided to Breitbart Texas by Mexican law enforcement sources revealed the four men are supposedly behind a series of robberies, home burglaries, and motorcycle thefts. Neighbors allegedly spotted the four men during a home burglary and instead of calling authorities, they sounded the alarm and hunted them down. The mob beat the four victims and then hung three from a nearby tree while the fourth one was tied to a car and dragged to death.
According to authorities, three of the four victims were identified as 16-year-old Alfredo Solis Zacarias, 20-year-old Jose Antonio Solis Zacarias, and 30-year-old Bladimir Sanchez Gomez. The fourth victim has not yet been identified.
As Breitbart Texas has been reporting, security conditions continue to spiral out of control in Mexico, while most of the crimes go unpunished. The ongoing trend has led to an increase in cases of spontaneous lynching and mob rule. In 2018, Tabasco saw 60 cases of attempted lynchings thus far.
In May, residents of the town of Villa Tumulte de las Sabanas, Tabasco, beat and set fire to a man allegedly caught trying to steal a motorcycle.
According to a 2018 study undertaken by Mexico’s Senate, lynchings expose the criminal justice crisis in the country and spread as the populace grows tired of criminal activity and organized crime.
Editor’s Note: Breitbart Texas traveled to the Mexican States of Tamaulipas, Coahuila, Nuevo León and other areas to recruit citizen journalists willing to risk their lives and expose the cartels silencing their communities. Breitbart Texas’ Cartel Chronicles are published in both English and in their original Spanish. This article was written by Jose Luis Lara, a former leading member who helped start the Self-Defense Movement in Michoacán.
“According to a 2018 study undertaken by Mexico’s Senate, lynchings expose the criminal justice crisis in the country and spread as the populace grows tired of criminal activity and organized crime.”
Criminal justice crisis? Looks like it’s working just fine. The people are taking matters into their own hands because they know they won’t get any justice through the criminal govt. courts.
Americans should take a lesson from this good ol’ fashioned justice.
That’s the way it was in the wild west, when every person was sovereign. Apparently, it worked like a dream!
I would agree, but I’m still partial to that ” trial by jury” idea before the hanging.
Agreed.
Have you ever seen the classic movie titled “The Ox-Bow Incident” (also a novel)? I found a link. Here it is:
Angel, no, I haven’t seen it, but will watch it. Is there something notable you’d like me to take note of?
Man’s inhumanity to man, Katie. It shows what happens when unbridled (and misdirected) rage overrides common sense and the rule of law.
Outstanding movie, Angel… saw it when I was a young teen. 🙂
Thank you #1.
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It is a movie that is well worth seeing. I thought it was appropriate to the conversation.
Hey, Angel. I watched it tonight. Quite a testament to due process. Lays low military and mob rule. Thanks for recommending it.
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Afterthoughts – One other observation about the film, “The Ox Bow Incident”:
The three men who were unjustly accused – why didn’t they fight harder? Quinn could have run when he was doing that praying thing. They just seemed to surrender in defeat. Sure they were out-numbered but they could have taken out at least one or two.
I would have given the movie an A, but that aspect kept bothering me. Now I’m at B-minus. With all the good messages it sent out to the American people, it also sent out one wrong message: Just give in; your life ain’t worth defending.
Well, like Aragorn said, When all is hopeless, fight.
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ps: I know Quinn was shot in the leg, but it wasn’t that bad. Well, at least he did try to escape.
One can learn much from these old westerns. I never had much interest in ’em, but now see them as a great resource on how folks made it through. Sure there was hype and sensationalizing, but the spirit of freedom and “Leave me the hell alone,” often shines through.
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It’s similar to the days of Pancho Villa.
In Tabasco?
What were they stealing?
Hot sauce??
If you look beyond the served to justice, you see some very nice scenery. Looks like a nice place to live.
That’s 4 crooks not arriving in the USA for better criminal gains.
I like the way that one on the ground with his feet clearly standing with the rope around his neck. Looks like he got hit multiple times with a bat. Until he hanged by the rope till dead. He went out in real style.
Maybe someone was just trying to turn their country around… they did call the deceased thieves ., same as politicians
Not much different than the scum in government
And fitting way to go out
Hanged
Hey… I hear Home Depot has a hot summer sale on rope.
That’s the power of the Home Depot.