Metro – by Rob WaughA mob dished out some very sweaty justice to an alleged thief who was spotted attempting to rob a pensioner with a knife – he was stripped naked, then wrapped head to foot in clingfilm and tied to a lamppost.
People took photographs as 32-year-old Valentino Abeyta Barrera sweltered in Chilean capital Santiago’s 27-degree heat, with his underpants around his ankles.
He was left for 20 minutes before police arrived – and the alleged thief refused to explain why he was there, begging the police to free him.
The photographs stirred up discussion online about vigilante justice – and Barrera was freed, as his alleged victim did not make a complaint to police
One commenter, Daniela Montoya Pazo said: ‘They just had to arrest him, not beat him. This kind of things put us at the same level as the criminals.’
Another, Daichi Yuka, said: ‘I would like to do the same thing to the thief who threatened me with a weapon this morning.’
Well now. Bet he don’t try that again.
Were I live they caught a purse snatcher. They draged him across the street. Opened a sewage grate and threw him in the sewer. Then called the police. Once a officer arived he refused to arest him. And called the fire department. Took 2 hours for them to wash him down. Before the officer would touch him. We have a very low crime rate here for some reason. Such does lower the crime rate for some reason.