ochlocracy (mob-rule) in Latin America
December 9, 2018 12:00 AM Subscribe
In Latin America, Awash in Crime, Citizens Impose Their Own Brutal Justice – "Mobs routinely kill suspected lawbreakers in Latin America, home of the world's highest murder rate."; 'It's a Crisis of Civilization in Mexico.' 250,000 Dead. 37,400 Missing. – "In an echo of Latin America's 'Dirty Wars', gang violence has fueled mounting disappearances, leaving mothers to search for their children's corpses." [WSJ links via Twitter for non-subscribers: 1; 2]
This post was deleted for the following reason: Oops, it looks like the Twitter click-through links aren't working for a lot of people after all ... If there's another non-paywalled option, please re-post! Sorry for the double trouble on this one. -- taz
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(Also is there any connection between lynchings in Brazil and gang violence in Mexico? It seems like there could be productive discussions about either topic, but tying them together just leads to thinking in generalities about murderous "Latin America.")
posted by Umami Dearest at 1:45 AM on December 9, 2018