Oh My!!! Thief Caught and STRIPPED Naked, WRAPPED in Tarpaulin and TIED to Light post in Chile

A Chilean man who allegedly attempted to rob an elderly man at knifepoint was  caught by the crowd.

 

Valentino Abeyta Barrera, 32-year-old Barrera had his clothes torn off and his underpants pulled down, wrapped him with tarpaulin and tied to a light pole. during the incident in the Chilean capital Santiago.

 

Police arrived after 20 minutes, but when they asked Barrera what was going on, he refused to answer, only begging police to free him.

 

After Barrera was released and taken to the police station he refused to file a complaint, and police said they had been forced to let him go because the alleged victim of the man's attack had also not made a complaint.

A police spokesman said: 'Unless the man who was tied to the lamppost or his alleged victim want to file a complaint, there is not much we can do.'

Photographs of the incident were posted online where they quickly went viral, and sparked heated debate over vigilante justice.