Two Suspects Sought in Lynching of Canadian in Peru

Authorities have ordered the arrest of two people in the lynching of a Canadian man in a remote village in the Peruvian Amazon. Authorities have said that a mob dragged Sebastian Woodroffe by the neck to his death shortly after people accused him of killing Olivia Arevalo, an octogenarian plant healer from the Shipibo-Konibo tribe of northeastern Peru. Arevalo was shot twice, and local villagers blamed her murder on Woodroffe, 41, a Canadian citizen who lived in the area and was...

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