Gang accused of killing to sell human fat

[Cali_Democrat]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/od_nm/us_peru_crime_odds

LIMA (Reuters) – Peruvian police said on Thursday they had broken up a gang that allegedly killed dozens of people and sold their fat to buyers who used it to make cosmetics.

Four Peruvians were arrested on suspicion of kidnapping, murder and trafficking in human fat.

The group stored the fat it collected in used soda and water bottles, which police showed reporters.

"We have people detained who have declared and stated how they murdered people with the aim being to extract their fat in rudimentary labs and sell it," said Police Commander Angel Toldeo.


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[tridim]

1. Fight Club copycats?

I can't believe how evil some people are. :eyes:

[mikelgb]

2. Certified Green is people!

[derby378]

3. Holy Fight Club, Batman...

...I just had to read this before lunch.

Disgusting. Reminds me of the Nazi death camps, except that these ghouls are more interested in the bottom line instead of genocide.

[hlthe2b]

4. hmmm... capitalist version of Nazis....

It never fails to amaze how incredibly despicable humans can be, yet we refer to non-human animals as the "lower forms of life."

[crazylikafox]

5. Yuk. Here's another article:

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,26375283-401,00.html

so much for those expensive italian body creams I like so much :-(

[rebel with a cause]

17. Who said the obese are bad for the economy?

Said the fat woman as she thought of the irony of the situation. :puke:

[Stevenmarc]

6. On another note, Peruvian gang opens McDonalds franchise in Lima

[NJmaverick]

7. You would think they could offer free liposuction here in the US

and get all the fat they needed and then some

[abelenkpe]

9. Someone

somewhere is gonna take that idea and run with it. Guaranteed.

[crazylikafox]

10. scary thought. I'll bet they're already selling it if it's worth that much.

can somebody tell me what's so great about human fat? There must be more than enough animal fat to go around. What's special about human fat?

[Junkdrawer]

8. Palin: "If God didn't want this, he wouldn't have made humans with fat"...

Well, pretty sure Palin said that.... :evilgrin:

[Initech]

11. What would Tyler Durden do?

[tjwash]

12. IT'S PEOPLE...NIVEA HAND CREAM IS MADE OUT OF PEOPLE!!!

AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH....

[Initech]

16. Soylent cream?

[Gwendolyn]

19. LOL!!

:D


(It's terrible about what happened to those people, though)

[GreenPartyVoter]

13. I would have been a prime target

:scared:

[Cali_Democrat]

14. I'm sure they probably targeted overweight people

It would obviously be more profitable to kill them in this case.

[GreenPartyVoter]

18. Reminds me of that "X-files" episode about the fat sucking vampire.

[Posteritatis]

15. Horribleness aside, this doesn't strike me as terribly cost-effective. (nt)