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Mexican justice handled by elders
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FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 2002 Justice in rural Mexico can be harsh, as reported by The Washington Post, which recounts the story of how a Mixtec Indian community buried a man alive as retribution for the killing of another. According to the report, a group of elders decided the sentence for the man. When asked by a reporter about the incident later, the men "debated for 20 minutes in their Indian language" and decided to lie about what happened. Get the Story:
In Mexico Hinterland, Life Beyond the Law (The Washington Post 3/15)
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