Three Police Officers Lynched in Bolivia
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LA PAZ, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Three off-duty policemen were stoned, beaten and hanged to death in a central Bolivian town after residents said
they tried to extort money from a man driving without license plates, local media said on Wednesday.
Including the three policemen, 10 people have died so far this year in Bolivia in lynchings. Most of the victims were thieves caught in the act, as
frustration over official corruption and the slow justice system boils over.
Deputy Interior Minister Ruben Gamarra called the lynching a "cowardly assassination" and said there would be an investigation into the possible
participation of local authorities in the town of Epizana, in the province of Cochabamba, 600 km (373 miles) southeast of La Paz.
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