Bolivian mob buries alive suspected murderer alongside victim at her funeral

A Bolivian teen suspected of raping and murdering a woman was buried alive on top of her casket during her funeral by an angry mob of grieving relatives. Santos Ramos, 17, allegedly sexually assaulted and strangled 35-year-old Leandra Arias Janco in the village of Colquechaca, in the Potosi district of Bolivia's southern highlands, on Sunday. RELATED: SEAN PENN PUSHING FOR THE RELEASE OF BROOKLYN BUSINESSMAN HELD IN BOLIVIA FOR NEARLY TWO YEARS At her funeral Wednesday, local media reports a group of 200 vigilantes captured the teen and tied him up. With Janco's coffin lowered into the ground, they reportedly threw him on top and started to cover him with earth, reports Boliviaentusmanos.com. It is not yet clear whether he survived the incident. But it has emerged that it was the second instance of mob justice handed out in the area that day.

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