Presumed rapist lynched in Tabasco

An alleged sex offender was beaten and hacked to death in the neighborhood of La Manga, in Villahermosa, and his house was burned down because he attempted to rape a minor along another suspect, according to reports.

In the morning, the men kown as "El Chayo" and "El Flaco" were identified by a minor as the subjects who tried to rape her inside a house in the area, and the neighbours reacted by surrounding the house of one of the suspects and tried to extract him by force. But, the state police kept them from taking the suspect.

However, the people armed themselves with clubs and machetes and demanded that the mother of "El Chayo" allowed them to take the youth with them, under the menace of having to take him with violence.

Hours later, the suspects were not arrested and the neighbours began to look for them on their own.

In the afternoon, the people returned to the house of "El Chayo" and set it on fire, causing him to try to escape and fall into their hands.

The young man has beaten and hacked to death and when the firefighters arrived at the area they were unable to save what was left of his house.

Currently, the Office of the State Attorney General is trying to determine who is responsible for the incident and the young man's death.

In the last few months, at least four presumed criminals have been lynched in Tabasco by the people taking justice into their own hands, in response to the prevailing insecurity.

Other 20 attempts to kill presumed criminals have been stopped by the authorities.