Peruvian judge orders 2 men to be arrested in brutal killing of B.C. man in Peru

A Peruvian judge has ordered two men to be arrested in the suspected lynching of a B.C. man.

The suspects were identified through a video posted on social media that appears to show the killing of Sebastian Woodroffe. It is believed a lynch mob murdered him because they thought he was responsible for the death of an Indigenous leader.

Authorities have offered about CAD $8,000 for their arrest.

Woodroffe, from the Comox Valley, had travelled to Peru to study hallucinogenic medicine.

He’s believed to have been studying with 81-year-old Olivia Arévalo, a traditional healer of the Shipibo-Conibo tribe, who was shot to death on Thursday at her home in the Amazon rainforest.

Police did not investigate his death until cellphone video on local media showed a man believed to be Woodroffe being dragged by the neck.

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WATCH: Warning, disturbing content: Friends of Sebastian Woodroffe say Peru mob killed the wrong man

2:07 Friends of Sebastian Woodroffe say Peru mob killed the wrong man

Woodroffe’s friend, Alison Jones, told Global News she was sick to her stomach when she saw the video.

“Nobody should ever, ever go through what he went through,” she said.

Friends are certain the lynch mob got the wrong man.

“It is absolutely not something he is capable of, in any way, in any state,” said Jones.

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Woodroffe’s family is asking for privacy at this time.