"Vigilante Justice: Mob in Mexico Lynches Suspected Kidnapper Before Holy Week Procession"

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"Vigilante Justice: Mob in Mexico Lynches Suspected Kidnapper Before Holy Week Procession"
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A mob in Taxco, Mexico, brutally beat a woman to death after suspecting her of kidnapping and killing an 8-year-old girl just hours before the city’s Holy Week procession. The mob formed after the girl's body was found, and security camera footage showed a woman and a man loading a bundle, possibly the girl's body, into a taxi. The mayor expressed outrage over the killing, and the state prosecutors' office confirmed the woman died of her injuries. The incident has cast a pall over the already solemn procession, and residents expressed frustration with the ongoing violence in the area, despite its impact on tourism.

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