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Peruvian Police: Gang Killed People for Their Fat
Yahoo ^ | 11/20/2009 | Yahoo

Posted on 11/20/2009 7:45:44 AM PST by Dallas59

LIMA, Peru - Police say a gang in the Peruvian jungle has been killing people and draining fat from the corpses to sell on the black market for use in cosmetics, although medical experts say they doubt a major market for fat exists.

Three suspects confessed to killing five people, but the gang may have been involved in dozens more, said Col. Jorge Mejia, chief of Peru's anti-kidnapping police. He said one suspect claimed the gang wasn't the only one doing such killings.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: crime; fat; gang; human; murder; peru

1 posted on 11/20/2009 7:45:45 AM PST by Dallas59
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To: Dallas59

Wouldn’t it be easier just to buy fat from plastic surgeons who do liposuction?


2 posted on 11/20/2009 7:47:30 AM PST by svcw (The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves. GW)
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To: Dallas59
I hope there are no Wal-Marts in Peru.


3 posted on 11/20/2009 7:47:44 AM PST by Chet 99
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To: Dallas59

Haven’t heard anything from Michael Moore lately...


4 posted on 11/20/2009 7:48:45 AM PST by reagan_fanatic (Hope....Change...Unemployment!)
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To: Dallas59

Where’s Michael Moore when ya need him?


5 posted on 11/20/2009 7:48:54 AM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: Dallas59

So The Ophra won’t be visiting Peru?


6 posted on 11/20/2009 7:51:17 AM PST by Navy Patriot (Sarah and the Conservatives will rock your world.)
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To: Chet 99

People who drink mountain dew better watch out!


7 posted on 11/20/2009 7:52:08 AM PST by Dallas59 (No To O -Time is going by really really really really slow.)
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To: Dallas59
"Gang Killed People for Their Fat"

What,they got no viagra there?

8 posted on 11/20/2009 7:54:42 AM PST by mitch5501 (Yeah,but is it shatterproof?)
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To: Dallas59
Just this week. Cannibal kabobs and fat folks foundation. Why do I have a feeling this is only going to get worse?
9 posted on 11/20/2009 7:55:55 AM PST by ladyvet (WOLVERINES!!!!!)
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To: Dallas59

L’Oreal is people!


10 posted on 11/20/2009 7:57:43 AM PST by Jaxter (Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum.)
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To: Dallas59
Mischief, Mayhem, Soap.


11 posted on 11/20/2009 8:12:43 AM PST by vikingd00d (chown -R us ./base)
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To: svcw

That’s what i was wondering but they also were taking tissue for the purpose.


12 posted on 11/20/2009 8:19:33 AM PST by Joe Boucher (This marxist punk has got to go.)
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To: Dallas59
That's it I am canceling my trip to Peru!
13 posted on 11/20/2009 8:29:48 AM PST by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: Chet 99

Oh my. A fellow patient at PT a couple weeks ago was telling me about that website and I had forgotten all about it. Not sure I want to go there now.


14 posted on 11/20/2009 9:10:44 AM PST by agrace
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