Two young people were burned alive and "pinched" and killed a taxi driver | Chronic

In the city of Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, angry taxi drivers and neighbors burned two men alive, accused of extorting workers and killing one of them. between them for refusing to pay.

The two criminals, identified as Víctor Armando Reyes Chachagua 18 years old and Oliver Francisco Gonzales19, died last Monday night after being lynched and cremated.

After the facts, Pablo CastilloSpokesman of the National Civil Police, a group of people surprised the youths and took them to the police station.

A few minutes later, as the police transferred the suspects to the prosecutor's office, at least 700 local leaders led by taxi drivers intercepted the police vehicle and abducted the two accused by force.

At the same time, witnesses told the local press that the two young men were accused of murdering a taxi driver, with the help of an accomplice, for not paying for the money. Extortion of 15 dollars.

For its part, the media televisa.com said that the father of one of them, came to the square with a machete in his hand, to try to prevent him from burning his son but had to flee the place to protect his life.

Finally, everything happened a few meters away from the police headquarters and was not satisfied with the brutal beatings that caused them to burn.