| Be careful about the meat you eat in Mexico, it may | | | | The police believe that Carlos stabbed his friend |
| be human. A chef in Mexico killed his drinking buddy | | | | through the heart during a fight then tried to dispose of |
| and used the corpse to make tamales. The chef cut | | | | the body by using it as an ingredient in cooking |
| up the body and seasoned it with herbs before frying | | | | tamales. The chef may have sold some of these |
| the body to make tamales. | | | | tamales to customers. This would have been an |
| Carlos Machuca, a 56-year-old tamale chef, was | | | | ingenous way to dispose of the body as the evidence |
| arrested in his home after police received an | | | | of the crime would have been consumed by the |
| anonymous tip. The police entered his home to find a | | | | chef's patrons. Had it not been for an anonymous tip |
| dead body which had been mutilated on his floor. The | | | | this creative chef may have gotten away with murder. |
| police found body parts cooking on the stove. Tamales | | | | It is not known what the chef and his friend argued |
| is a mexican dish made of chopped meat, herbs and | | | | about that lead to the murder. Police have the suspect |
| peppers all wrapped in cornhusks and fried. Carlos | | | | in custody and will interrogate him to learn the motive |
| Machuca used his friend's body parts for the meat. | | | | for the crime. |