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Thieves Blackmail Small-Town Peruvian Mayor by Stealing His Father’s Skull

The thieves dug up the body of Rogelio Vizcarra’s father and then sent him a text message. Mr Vizcarra, mayor of San Cristobal in southern Peru, says the message sender offered to return the skull if he withdrew his bid for re-election.” Police said that bones were scattered around the cemetery, and the grave-robbers could face felony charges for offending the memory of the dead. [BBC]

Thieves Blackmail Small-Town Peruvian Mayor by Stealing His Father’s Skull