Mexican Man Beaten, Burned to Death for Stealing Broccoli

Mexican Man Beaten, Burned to Death for Stealing Broccoli
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The Associated Press
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MEXICO CITY—An impoverished man who went into a field to steal a pair of broccoli stalks was beaten and burned to death by a mob in central Mexico, prosecutors said Thursday.

Local police managed to take the man away from the village of San Miguel Tianguistenco, but he died later of his injuries. The area is just east of Mexico City.