The 651 instances of “people’s justice” during the last seven years resulted in 216 deaths - 47 of them in 2011 - and left another 911 victims seriously injured, according to the report.

Huehuetenango, a province of mainly indigenous people located on Guatemala’s northwestern border with Mexico, has seen 36 lynchings this year, followed by Quetzaltenango, 34; Quiche, 26; and San Marcos, with 23 reported cases.

The Guatemala bureau of the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights recently expressed concern about the “alarming” increase in lynchings in the Central American country.