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NEWS > BUSINESS > COSMETIC COMPANIES AT A LOSS AFTER PERUVIAN MURDER GANG ARRESTED
COSMETIC COMPANIES AT A LOSS AFTER PERUVIAN MURDER GANG ARRESTED
November 26 2009
Lima, Peru – The quest for beauty is something that has driven people to more and more extreme lengths in recent years. Advances in medical science have allowed new levels of recreation of the human face and body, allowing people to almost indefinitely
avoid the ravages of age and retain a youthful look even into old age. Of course no system is perfect and science and drug companies continue to push forward the notion of perpetual youth, driving technology and profits ever forward and securing long and happy lives for everyone involved.
Unfortunately a new advance in European cosmetics has fallen afoul of the long arm of the law after a group of Peruvian gang members fell under the control of police. Their scheme involved the murder of dozens of people, the harvesting of fat from their bodies, and selling that fat to European companies for use in cosmetics. While murder remains illegal, even in Peru, the variety of products created from the fat was apparently a major advance which could have proved a revolution in the industry.
“We used a wincha to cut off their heads. We hung the dismembered bodies from hooks, and then we lit up six or eight candles under them, and we waited for two or 
three days to have the fat drip into a bottle. We then took it to dealers we had in Lima and other cities who would then pass it on to their contacts which we believe is Europe. From everything we heard they were very happy with the end result,” said gang leader Serapio Veramendi. “We took great care to ensure that there was no contamination of the fat and that the people we used were either indigent or not very well liked. We felt that was the best way to make sure that the money would continue to flow in and that it would be safe for people who were using the cosmetics. We hope that the few people who were able to use the product are happy with the end results.”
Police do not believe that the gang had any special connection to the cosmetics industry or any particular desire to remain looking young, but were in fact just middlemen harvesting the raw material.
“People all across the world have different standards of beauty and will go to all extremes to ensure that they look their best not only in youth but throughout their 
lives. The best example of that are the neck rings worn by the Karen people of south Asia. Such exhibitions of youth and beauty are common throughout the world and as the emphasis becomes stronger in western culture so too will the lengths to which people will go to achieve it,” said Scrape TV Fashion analyst Fiona Dollak. “Obviously the police had to act to stop these murders but unfortunately it means that we might never know what was lost. According to people that I’ve spoken with the products, which include eyeliner and a lotion, were very deep and rich and the best they have ever used. That is now lost and so too is a possible revolution in the industry.”
Some have suggested using live people to such out the fat from, something that may in fact work synergistically with the youth movement.
“Plastic surgery has long been an important component in people trying to remain young and there is no reason for that to change. If they were to donate that fat to the industry, or if the companies even paid for it, they could have and endless supply of fat for all kinds of cosmetics,” continued Dollak. “The fat industry has moved far beyond the days of just making soap from fat. Virtually every cosmetic can be enhanced by the use of fat the opportunity that has been presented here shouldn’t be squandered because of some legal implications.”
The human fat hand lotion in particular apparently had a silky texture and a slight tulip scent.
William Ashford, Business Correspondent
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