 They use the word witchcraft as a justification because they will get public sympathy. People will just assume and say, ah, if he was a witch, it's good that you have killed him. It's just a tactic, a strategy they are using to kill the elders. Julio says poverty, lack of jobs, and an increase in the value of land at the coast is driving this disturbing new trend. I spoke to a former hitman who claimed he'd been paid to kill more than 20 people,