by villagers in the southern highlands of Bolivia.
Police had identified the 17-year-old as the
possible culprit in the rape and murder of a 35-
year-old woman near the municipality of
Colquechaca.
The chief prosecutor says more than 200 furious
local people seized Santos Ramos and buried
him in the grave of his alleged victim.
He says residents blocked roads into the village
to stop police arriving.
A reporter for a local radio station, who would
only speak anonymously for fear of reprisals,
told the media that Mr Ramos was tied up at the
woman's funeral.
He said mourners threw him into the open grave
alongside the woman's coffin and filled the
grave with earth.
Colquechaca is a town of about 5,000
inhabitants some 207 miles ( 333 km) south-
east of the Bolivian capital, La Paz.
Correspondents say lynchings sometimes
happen in isolated, poorer parts of Bolivia,
where police and other authorities are scarce
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