Prosecutor: 2 charged in Bolivia highland lynching

Published June 7, 2013 11:12pm ET



LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Two members of an indigenous Quechua community in Bolivia’s highlands will be tried for murder for allegedly leading a mob that buried alive a teenager suspected of raping and killing a woman, a prosecutor said Friday.

Casiano Sandi and Felicia Vargas have also been charged with inciting a mob and criminal association, prosecutor Milton Jara told Erbol radio station.

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