MEXICO CITY \u2013 An angry mob of villagers in central Mexico attacked and killed three men Friday they accused of trying to kidnap a local resident.<\/p>\n
So far, 23 people have been arrested for the mob attack, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n
A spokesman for the Mexico State Security Secretariat told AFP the mob numbered “more than 500 people.”<\/p>\n
An initial investigation showed “a group of six women incited local residents to attack three men, who they set on fire,” said a statement from the Mexico state attorney general’s office.<\/p>\n
Police tried to rescue the three men but succeeded in pulling only one of them away from the mob. He died Saturday morning at a hospital.<\/p>\n
The incident occurred in the village of San Mateo Huitzilzingo, which has about 14,000 residents.<\/p>\n
Villagers said the men they attacked tried to kidnap a young man, the newspaper Reforma reported on its website.<\/p>\n
Some police officers who rushed to the scene were wounded, the report said.<\/p>\n
The State of Mexico prosecutor’s office condemned the attack and said it would not allow anyone to take “justice into their own hands.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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