Man Sews His Lips Shut To Protest Charges Against Him

[matcom]

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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A jailed businessman who is accused of bribing some of Mexico City's most powerful politicians sewed his lips shut Monday to protest the criminal charges against him.

Carlos Ahumada, an Argentine nationalized in Mexico, was arrested in Cuba and has been jailed since last year when a local television station broadcast video of him giving bundles of cash to Mexico City politicians. He allegedly was trying to win lucrative government contracts.

The scandal ended the political career of a leading left-wing politician who was his lover at the time. It also hurt the left-wing Party of the Democratic Revolution, or PRD, whose politicians were shown taking money from Ahumada.

The scandal could prove damaging to Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who was the popular Mexico City mayor at the time of the payoffs and a leader of the PRD.

Ahumada, who is also on a hunger strike, had pledged to sew his lips shut if his case was not resolved before Lopez Obrador, Mexico's most popular politician, stepped down to seek the presidency.

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[derby378]

1. Krazy Glue would have been a lot less painful...

...and easily removable with a little nitromethane. No problem.

I think we have a drama queen on our hands here.

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. Did he use any

novacaine or did he just stitch away?

Man it hurts even thinking about this.

[Shell Beau]

3. Some people....

:crazy:

[MsAnthropy]

4. Ow ow ow

Ouch

[RedCloud]

5. I wonder if he thought about how to eat first?

But maybe he has one of those huge mouths like Aerosmith and can still get stuff in anyway.