Posted on 10/14/2016 2:53:50 PM PDT by plain talk
Juan Carlos Herrera is beyond devastated. He says his 25-year-old-son, jailed in 2015 for robbery, was beaten, dismembered and eaten by fellow inmates at the Táchira Detention Center. The shocking claim became public on Oct. 10, when Herrera told the local media he made the gruesome discovery during a regular prison visit. He explained the alleged atrocity occurred during a month-long mutiny that had ended three days earlier.
“One of those who were with him when he was murdered saw everything that happened,” Herrera told reporters. “My son and two others were taken by 40 people, stabbed, hanged to bleed, and then Dorancel butchered them to feed all detainees,” he added, referring to infamous inmate Dorancel “people-eater” Vargas, who is in prison since 1999 for cannibalism.
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I'm sure! One book I'd really like is a good history of Sardinia, which from prehistory on was a center of conflict and colonization ... sort of an island version of Judea.
Alibris.com has some old academic studies that look interesting, but they are hundreds of dollars.
” Fwiw, it’s from the natives of the Caribbean (relatives of Venezuela’s Wayuu) that we get the term “cannibal.””
IIRC it’s also where we get barbecoa/barbecue. Be careful when you order the daily special at the Kalinago BBQ.
Nice price, btw, on the Penguin Atlas. Might be something for Pat’s birthday or Christmas present. Ever since he started computer programming and higher maths, it’s hard to get him off the computer. His siblings staged a shrieking revolt the other night - “Kathleen, you should scream now!!!” - because he was graphing vectors in bed and wouldn’t shut the lights out.
Sometimes I wish we had a bigger house, or at least more (if smaller) rooms.
“Be careful when you order the daily special at the Kalinago BBQ.”
There aren’t a lot of large herbivores native to the Caribbean/South America. Just what were they grillin’?
Great! We have experts in everything here on FR - you’re our champion cannibalism chef!
The Aztecs lived in Mexico, not South America. The Caribs lived in Venezuela, and I think they did indeed practice cannibalism.
Then again, our prisons probably resemble Venezuelan luxury hotels. :-)
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