In quake-ravaged Santa Maria de Jesus, Guatemala, residents lynched five men accused of looting homes, exposing deep distrust ...

Members of a rural community in Guatemala hard hit by this week’s earthquakes lynched five men they accused of robbing damaged homes, authorities said Friday.

In aftermath of magnitude 5.7 earthquake, the men were accused of robbing damaged homes in Santa Maria de Jesus.

Guatemala's Interior Ministry said that residents of Santa Maria de Jesus organized themselves to search for the men and then blocked authorities who tried to detain and take them away.