The drug war is commonplace in Mexico City; the nation is used to seeing the headless torsos of drug war victims strewn across the streets. But the less than savoury recipes of 45-year old Santiago Meza López, a “disposal expert” working for a Tijuana drug cartel, has gripped the public’s attention.
López confessed to getting rid of over 300 bodies killed by hit men working for Teodoro “El Teo” García Simental, who is vying for control of the Tijuana drug trafficking cartel. López dissolved the corpses in vats of acid and was paid USD 600.00 a week. He came to be known as “El Pozolero” – a pozole is a traditional Mexican stew made of hominy, pork and chilies; it is important to keep stirring the soup while it is on the stove so all the flavours meld together.
Statistically his busiest time was in December 2007, when he pozoled 32 bodies. In his defense, he claimed to have only dissolved men. Chivalrous maybe, but perhaps women made the stew taste funny. I dunno.
Full article at the Times Online.