Rural Chihuahua town’s residents beat to death 2 alleged kidnappers
JUAREZ — In a rural Chihuahua town of about 10,000 people, dozens of residents fed up with kidnappings took justice into their own hands Tuesday.
About 300 people of Ascensión beat to death two 17-year-old boys who allegedly had kidnapped a 17-year-old girl Tuesday, said Carlos González, spokesman for the Chihuahua state attorney general.
Federal police were sent to the area to respond to the incident and to calm the angry mob. The disorderly crowd protested kidnappings that take place in areas where wealthy farmers live.
It all started Tuesday morning, when six or seven men abducted the girl from an Ascensión restaurant. Ascensión is a farming town 120 miles southwest of Juárez.
The girl’s father called police and the military. González said the man also called his relatives and friends.
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After the kidnapping of a 17-year-old girl, residents of Ascension, a farming town 120 miles southwest of Juarez, beat to death two teenage boys who allegedly participated in the abduction. The mob also blocked emergency personnel from the area. (Special to the Times)
Gives renewed meaning to the old phrase, “¡Ay! Chihuahua….”