March in Mexico City demands justice for two pollsters lynched by mob

Hundreds of people took to the streets of Mexico City on Saturday to demand justice for the lynching of two pollster in central Mexico.

The mysterious and violent case in October has since shocked Mexico and drawn outrage as gruesome pictures of burning bodies were taken by witnesses and published by newspapers.

A mob lynched and burned the two brothers in the village of Ajalpan, 280 km south of the capital in the state of Puebla. The mob accused the two brothers of trying to kidnap children even though they insisted they were working in the town as pollsters.

Many of the protesters in Mexico City on Saturday were market researchers, demanding justice for their murdered colleagues and efforts for them to work in a safe manner.

The two brothers, Rey David and Jose Abraham Copado Molina, both representatives of Marketing Research & Services, entered the village of Ajalpan to carry out some polls among the population.

The two brothers were badly beaten by the villagers before the police rescued them and took them to the police station.

However, the furious mob broke into the station, dragged out the men, covered them in gasoline and set them on fire in front of the town hall.

So far, authorities have arrested several people suspected of being part of the mob. Enditem