User:Abigail Payne/sandbox

Guatemala is ranked the 25th most violent country in the world and Guatemalan police have a reputation for being non-responsive to the high crime rates. The lack of security within the government is what encouraged the start of mobs turning to vigilante justice. Unfortunately, a lot of the crime associated with these mobs is just as bad as the crime they claim they are attempting to prevent. Most of the locals keep quiet for fear of being targeted by these groups themselves, and many of the people participating in the violence are forced to do so

Source: https://panampost.com/pep-balcarcel/2015/06/08/beaten-exiled-or-burned-alive-mob-justice-in-guatemala/