When fake news kills: Lynchings in Mexico are linked to viral child-kidnap rumors

"An enraged mob attacked Flores, 21, and his uncle, Alberto Flores Morales, 56, beating them before dousing them with gasoline and burning them alive on the street outside the police station here. The pair had been mistakenly suspected of child abduction, authorities said."

"Two suspects in the attack have been arrested; one later died in custody of natural causes, officials said."

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