Posted on 11/21/2009 1:36:42 PM PST by Red Steel
A GANG of killers who murdered to steal their victims' body fat have been arrested in Peru.
Police said the three people held in the jungle province of Huanuco confessed to five killings and said they could sell one litre of fat for £10,000 to the cosmetic industry.
The men said the fat was sold to intermediaries in Lima, who police suspect sold it to companies in Europe.
Police have found the head of one victim and several bottles of fat, which they displayed at a news conference.
Suspect Elmer Segundo Castillejos, 29, led police to the head last month, police said.
He also gave gruesome details of how they cut off their victims' heads, arms and legs and removed organs.
They then suspended the torsos from hooks and warmed the flesh, so the fat dripped into jars below.
It is believed six members of the gang are still at large, including leader Hilario Cudena, 56, who Castillejos said had been killing people to extract human fat for more than 30 years.
Medical authorities said last night human fat is used in anti-wrinkle treatments - but is always extracted from the patient, usually from the stomach or buttocks.
There would be a risk of reaction that could lead to lifethreatening consequences if fat from someone else were used, said dermatology professor Dr Neil Sadick.
They can have my fat for free!
Hey I’ll sell my fat for half price!! I got at least 100lb extra
They’d have a field day in my town.
****Medical authorities said last night human fat is used in anti-wrinkle treatments - but is always extracted from the patient, usually from the stomach or buttocks.***
LIPOSUCTION RECYCLING????????????????
Who else knew about this??
That sucks!
It's a good thing that the Peruvian police caught him right away.
Holy adipose Batman!
I better stay out of Peru. I’d be worth about fifty grand to them.
I absolutely, positively refuse to get sucked into this thread...
Succubus Publius;) LOL!!!
LONG ARTICLE:
http://newsfeedresearcher.com/data/articles_w47/police-human-suspect.html#hdng0
Officials did not disclose what possible use laboratories could have for the human fat, but fat can be a component of cosmetics and is used in reconstructive or cosmetic surgery. [6] Human fat used in anti-wrinkle treatments is always extracted from the patient being treated, usually from the stomach or buttocks.[3] The story became widely accepted. Last year a surgeon in California was accused of using human fat to fuel his car. Dr Craig Alan Bittner extracted triglycerides from fat he acquired in liposuction operations and converted it to diesel.[1]
I hear the fitness clubs and weight loss clinics have had a lot of new people signing up.
And here I thought I would save cash in the long run by dropping 50 lbs. I could have sold it on the black market,
They’re making a nice fat profit! But I’m weighting for some heavyweight to weigh in on the economic issues. I hear there’s going to be a meating in Peru about how to cut the fat out of this operation, and how to beef up sales.
Can we send Michael Moore to Peru?
Mmmmm...I could make a mint off my sister-in-law.
Did I just write that??? Well, slap me silly! GRIN:))
We could take up a collection. I'll bet we could raise enough for a great Peruvian vacation for Michael in no time.
drawn in and vacumed clean .... I wanted to give em a piece of my mind .. it wasn’t my glorious mind they wanted ... only my incredible bulk.
sigh .... I have a lot invested in all that wwidht ... I hated to see a good meal go to waste, and it did anyway .. it went to MY WAIST.
I look like a bell with a little clapper. Sorry for that painted vision I left in your mind. I am a sick sick bad bad puppy.
.... drawn in and vacumed clean .... I wanted to give em a piece of my mind .. it wasn’t my glorious mind they wanted ... only my incredible bulk.
sigh .... I have a lot invested in all that weight ... I hated to see a good meal go to waste, and it did anyway .. it went to MY WAIST.
I look like a bell with a little clapper. Sorry for that painted vision I left in your mind. I am a sick sick bad bad puppy.
Big money in the Opra & Rosie,
Michelle could donate too!
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