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GANG IN MEXICO REPULSIVE ACTIVITIES MEXICO CITY, April 22 The police at Merida, in the State of Yucatan, reveal that serious, horrible and revolting crimes, organised by a gang of ghouls engaged in decapitating newly buried bodies, for the purpose of extracting gold from teeth, were detected when one member, carrying an odd parcel, was questioned by the police. The parcel contained the head of a prominent citizen who had died, lecently. Further investigation revealed that more than 200 graves had been desecrated. The heads were taken to a "reducing plant," where any gold in teeth was removed.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21783, 24 April 1934, Page 11
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