Police in Peru say gang members killed people to drain their fat for cosmetics

[Liberal_in_LA]

Police in Peru say gang members killed people to drain their fat for cosmetics
November 19, 2009 | 7:11 pm

Gang members in Peru face charges of killing people and draining their fat for use in cosmetics, police said today.

Police showed journalists two bottles of fat that authorities said were recovered from two suspects and a photograph of a rotting head believed to be of a male victim. The suspects allegedly told police the fat was worth $60,000 per gallon.

Police Col. Jorge Mejia said three suspects who confessed to five killings told authorities the fat was sold in Lima, the capital. One suspect said the gang severed body parts and then suspended the torsos, collecting fat in tubs placed underneath, Mejia said.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/laplaza/2009/11/peru-gang-fat-corpses-cosmetics-black-market.html

[graywarrior]

1. OMG, it's Fight Club!

[Taverner]

2. Paper Street Soap Company

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. Horrific, but there is a Stephen King novel in there as well

there are times that life is more creative than the best writers out there.

[dgibby]

4. Just marked them off my "10 places to see before I die."

All joking aside, this is really horrific!

[Chemisse]

5. OMG - I have a gallon of fat I could spare!!

But let's just gather it via liposuction.

[izquierdista]

6. At that price?

People have to pay to get liposuction?? There's a lot of Americans waddling around who could pay off their mortgage!

[vadawg]

8. rofl, that was my thought as well, should we allow people to donate their fat :)

[Initech]

7. First rule of Project Mayhem is you do not ask questions

[Lint Head]

9. Didn't they steal this from Dick Cheney?

edited to post image.

[Lint Head]

10. Hell. $60,000!

Rich folks liposuction fat could pay for health care.