A number of scholars have analysed lynching in Latin America as a response to the recent upsurge in insecurity and crime in the region. This article turns our attention to historical and deeper socio-political undercurrents behind this practice. Drawing on several cases of lynching that took place in post-revolutionary Puebla, the article argues that, rather than signalling state absence, the occurrence of lynching expressed communities' reactions towards a state presence that was perceived as intrusive and illegitimate. It furthermore shows that lynchings emulated the brutality and visibility of extralegal forms of violence perpetrated by public officials at the local level.
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Kloppe-Santamaría, G. (2019, August 1). Lynching and the Politics of State Formation in Post-Revolutionary Puebla (1930s-50s). Journal of Latin American Studies. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022216X18001104
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