Thread: British man ‘lynched and burned alive’ in Ecuador

British man ‘lynched and burned alive’ in Ecuador
Unnamed person said to have been taken from a police station by a mob and set alight in front of officers

21 April 2025 11:13am BST



A body on pavement is covered with a white sheet with onlookers
A British man is alleged to have been lynched and burned alive in Ecuador
A British man was allegedly lynched and murdered in Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest area after being accused of killing a local man.

A mob is said to have stormed the police station where the man was being held, before he was taken and then burned alive.

Local reports said the unnamed male was first taken to the police station by members of the local community on suspicion of shooting another person dead. The British man was reported to have been removed from the police station by the same individuals about six hours after his arrest and set alight in front of police.

Ecuadorian news outlet Ecuavisa said the killing happened in the Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve in Ecuador’s Amazon region, which is a popular eco-tourism area.

It is the second largest reserve of the South American country’s 56 national parks and protected areas, and is located in the Putamayo Canton in Sucumbios Province.

The British national is said to have been handed over to police at about 6am on Sunday. He was said to have been murdered just after midday the same day.


Ecuadorian newspaper Extra reported that the officers who had arrested him had decided not to intervene to avoid being attacked themselves when a baying mob forced their way into the police station ahead of his transfer.

It added that police reinforcements had taken time to reach the remote area, which is difficult to access.

A local TV station, reporting on the two deaths, said: “In the early hours of Sunday, April 20, in the parish of Playas de Cuyabeno, at the closure of an event that took place for the anniversary of the Kichwa community, an incident occurred where as a result two people died.

“Those two people were a community member from the area and another person of British nationality who died due to the severity of his burns.”

The Ecuadorian man killed has been named locally as Rodrigo Chavez.

It was not immediately clear if any arrests had taken place following the murder of the man, who was described as a British national.

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So Ecuador mob uses Tax's rule of law and Tax moans about it...

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are you implying i amin favour of lynching but complain when they occur?


i merely posted a news article about the gruesome lynching of a british man, i have not made any comments or expressed an opinion.

Go on then. Express your opinion.

Originally Posted by DrWilly

Go on then. Express your opinion.

Well, tax posted the article so I suppose we can infer that the burned man was a Muslim. Or perhaps all of those involved! It is taxexile after all.

Originally Posted by Neverna

Well, tax posted the article so I suppose we can infer that the burned man was a Muslim. Or perhaps all of those involved! It is taxexile after all.

what a ridiculous comment, but i am not taking the bait. its a news thread, not an argument.

Originally Posted by taxexile

what a ridiculous comment, but i am not taking the bait.

You just did.

The self proclaimed ‘Pied Troller’.