An angry mob attacked a suspected child kidnapper in the Mexican town of Taxco.
Horrific footage of the incident went viral on the internet. The video shows infuriated people dragging the unnamed woman out of a police car and lynching her to death.
The woman had allegedly helped a man dispose of the body of a young girl, Camila Gomez Ortega.
Surveillance footage showed the woman's involvement. The little girl was raped and asphyxiated. The victim's family identified the alleged murderers' home, pleading with authorities for their arrest.
However, when the police took no action, the enraged mob took matters into their own hands, forcing the suspects out of their house.
"We are fed up. This time it was an 8-year-old girl," a woman, Andrea said.
"This is the result of the bad government we have. This isn't the first time this kind of thing has happened, but this is the first time the people have done something."
People mercilessly attacked her and she succumbed to her injuries.
Taxco, where the lynching took place, is a town known for its tourism. Guerrero, where Taxco is located, has long been plagued by violence from drug cartels.
"I never thought that in a touristic place like Taxco we would experience a lynching," said Felipa Lagunas, a local elementary school teacher.
"I saw it as something distant, in places far from civilization ... I never imagined that my community would experience this on such a special day."