A suspected burglar in Chemax, Yucatán, lost his hand after alleged victims decided to seek their own justice, local media reported.
Manuel C.R., 38, had a reputation as a repeat burglar, local media reported.
Around 2 a.m. Wednesday, a resident in the Chulután comiseria found the man stuffed in a bloody bag and on the side of the road and assumed he was dead.
Police contacted the Red Cross, and the man was taken to the Valladolid General Hospital to be stabilized after significant blood loss.
Sipse reported that police had handled the case with secrecy until local media were tipped off.