Mexican authorities investigate vigilante killings of 5 in remote community

MEXICO CITY AP Functionaries believe residents of a remote region in the mountains of southern Mexico s Oaxaca state beat five people to death and burned their bodies the state prosecutor s office disclosed Wednesday Oaxaca state executives and National Guard arrived to the region of Llano Amarillo in Santa Maria Texcatitlan on Tuesday looking for the five missing people They discovered a burned out bicycle with the remains of five people inside the Oaxaca state prosecutor s office noted in a report Wednesday They believe the killings occurred Monday but forensic investigators were still working to identify the remains Preliminary information suggests that the five had arrived to the mountain public about miles kms from the state capital Monday to collect a high-interest loan from a woman the prosecutor s office stated Such vigilante killings occur from time to time in Mexico especially in remote areas where there is little leadership presence In March a mob killed and burned a man who worked as a clown after he was a accused of abusing a child in another Oaxacan town Last year a mob killed a woman accused of involvement in the kidnapping and killing of a girl in Taxco Guerrero A description the most of newest available from the governmental National Human Rights Commission declared that such killings were the the greater part serious expression of people s distrust of officials and the pervasiveness of impunity The investigation tallied vigilante killings in Source