Pishtacos is a term Peruvian police has used to refer to alleged Peruvian gangsters who were suspected of murdering up to 60 people for their fat, and sold it to intermediaries in Lima, who are thought to have then sold the fat to laboratories in Europe for suspected use in cosmetics. The hoax was apparently passed on to prevent further investigations on extrajudicial killings by police forces.--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/deeploretv/support