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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革命后普埃布拉（1930-50 年代）的私刑和国家形成的政治

一些学者分析了拉丁美洲的私刑是对最近该地区不安全和犯罪激增的回应。本文将我们的注意力转向这种做法背后的历史和更深层次的社会政治暗流。文章借鉴革命后普埃布拉发生的几起私刑案件，认为私刑的发生并没有表明国家缺席，而是表达了社区对被认为具有侵入性和非法性的国家存在的反应。它进一步表明，私刑模仿了地方一级公职人员实施的法外暴力形式的残暴和可见性。