Burning a man alive in a public square after he was accused of theft

A 26-year-old man accused of car theft was burned alive in the main square of a small city in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, a country that witnesses many popular justice operations annually.

The Chiapas State Prosecutor's Office announced the opening of an investigation after the man was killed Thursday in Santiago El Pinar, where indigenous groups live.

The authorities found the man's body with serious burns, according to the Public Prosecutor's Office.

The case comes a week after five youths, also accused of theft, spent several hours hanging naked from basketball baskets.

Mexico witnesses hundreds of lynchings and attempted executions annually, including 42 murders and 279 attempted murders in 2021.

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