A 16-year-old girl has been bashed and burnt to death in a public lynching in Guatemala that was captured on video.

The girl was reportedly accused of being part of a group that killed a taxi driver. The film shows her fate at the hands of a large mob in a village in Rio Bravo province. It also reveals the brutality of the lynchings that are routine in the poor, central American country - and throughout the region.

The mob surrounds the Guatemalan girl before she is set alight. Credit:YouTube

Fairfax Media has chosen not to show the video, but its contents are described below.

At the start of the video, which has been circulated on YouTube, the girl is seen crouched on the ground having sustained severe facial wounds. After standing up in a disoriented manner, she is grabbed by a woman and then attacked by the mob.