Lynching in Guatemala Exposes Broken Rule of Law Amid Post-Earthquake Chaos
In the wake of deadly earthquakes, Guatemalan villagers took justice into their own hands, highlighting a dangerous collapse of law and order that should alarm America about regional instability.
In the ravaged highlands of Guatemala’s Sacatepequez department, a desperate community struck by this week’s devastating earthquakes has taken justice into its own hands — lynching five men accused of looting damaged homes. This brutal vigilante action underscores a broader crisis of governance and security that rings alarms for the United States. Amid power outages and lacking clean water in Santa Maria de Jesus, residents organized to hunt down suspects before blocking local authorities’ attempts to intervene. The men were savagely beaten with sticks and stones, then burned alive—a grim reminder that when government institutions fail, lawlessness fills the void....
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