Dismembered parts of over a 100 bodies discovered in jail drain pipes

10:03 - 19 February 2016

La Modelo jail in the capital city of Bogota.

The reports reveal that the body parts which had been discovered belonged to prisoners as well as visitors at the La Modelo jail in the capital city of Bogota.

News reports have revealed that the Colombian authorities have made a gory discovery revealing the dismembered parts of at least a 100 people in the drain pipes of a jail.

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The La Modelo jail is said to be one of the biggest penitentiaries in the country, housing a population of 11,000 drug traffickers, Marxist rebels and paramilitaries, and is renowned for its level of violence.

Daily Mail reports that the dismembered parts found in the sewage system are believed to be victims of a string of attacks which had occurred between 1999 and 2001.

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