Adolfina was tied to a stake, shot full of arrows and later burnt alive by members of the Mbya Guarani ethnic group about 180 miles in the village of Tahehyi-north of the capital Asuncion.
However, nine suspects have been charged with first-degree murder by the local prosecutor-Fany Aguilera after they have admitted to killing the woman.
The tragic death and sometimes horrible treatment (like banishment and torture) of thousands of people worldwide accused of sorcery date back in history. A local witch doctor was arrested on suspicion of carrying out the killings of seven people accused of witchcraft in Tanzania--read here
The tragic death and sometimes horrible treatment (like banishment and torture) of thousands of people worldwide accused of sorcery date back in history. A local witch doctor was arrested on suspicion of carrying out the killings of seven people accused of witchcraft in Tanzania--read here
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