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Why You Get Crappy Reception When Calling the Mara Salvatrucha....
2006-09-07
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) -- Cellular telephones were found inside four prisoners in El Salvador's maximum-security prison, authorities said Wednesday. The discovery was made Tuesday at the prison in Zacatecoluca, in central El Salvador, after suspicious officials took X-rays of each of the inmates, federal corrections chief Jaime Villanova said.

The names of the prisoners, all members of the dangerous Mara Salvatrucha gang, were not released in order to avoid jeopardizing an ongoing investigation that began a month ago, he said.

Capt. Juan Ramon Arevalo, director of the prison known as Zacatras, said the gang members had introduced the cell phones, wrapped in plastic bags, into their bodies through their anuses. Authorities also found nine cell phone chips and one charger. "Each one had a cellular with a number of chips," Arevalo said, adding that one also had hidden a charger in his anal cavity. Huh. And that guy in "Jackass" only managed a toy car. Poser.

The inmates allegedly used cell phones to direct criminal activities on the street from inside the prison, Arevalo said. I wonder if it was by text messaging? The smuggled phones were found during an investigation at prisons throughout the country amid complaints from business owners of extortion by gang members.

Prisoners change phone chips frequently to avoid being traced, Arevalo said. The police have doubled their security levels to combat the criminals.

Go to the link for a gander at one of the X-rays...
Posted by:Swamp Blondie

#4  What does Katie Curic has to say about the colonoscopy?
Posted by: CrazyFool   2006-09-07 10:51  

#3  If they're picture phones do they get a colonoscopy out of the deal?
Do they download a 'fart' ringtone file so nobody will get suspicious about incoming calls?
Do the gay gang members set theirs to 'vibrate' and spend all day calling each other?
Posted by: Glenmore   2006-09-07 10:35  

#2  Need to get the Israeli models which explode when the right number is rung.
Posted by: Elmeamp Hupaque9699   2006-09-07 09:23  

#1  operator, how do I reach the colon district?




Posted by: Butt Ugly   2006-09-07 08:30  

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