“They stabbed my son, hung him to bleed him, then called this man to cut him up. They did the same with the other young man,” Herrera’s father, also called Juan Carlos, told reporters, saying other prisoners had described it to him. An official investigator in the town, however, told Reuters that interviews with prisoners had given credence to the families’ version. “The detainees we spoke to said Dorangel ate some body parts,” he told Reuters, asking not to be named. Gang rule is common in Venezuela’s jails, where weapons and drugs are rife, often with the connivance of officials.

Source: Hindustan Times October 17, 2016 15:50 UTC