Bizarre find at Miami International: 2 fetuses in Miami luggage

[Ian David]

Bizarre find at Miami International: 2 fetuses in Miami luggage

Customs agents at MIA found fetuses in the luggage of two women.
By Juan O. Tamayo
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Leave it to Miami to shock even a reality-TV film crew. The crew was shooting footage in and around Miami International Airport when customs agents found a pair of human fetuses in the luggage of two women returning from Havana.

The fetuses were to be delivered to someone in Miami and used in a ritual for one of the mixtures of Christian and African religions that are practiced in Cuba, according to two people knowledgeable about the case.

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“The medical examiner made a determination that both of the fetuses were close to 20 weeks and both had been stillborn — they were not viable,” Rutland added, making it clear that there was no foul play in the deaths of the fetuses.

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The two women explained to U.S. authorities that they received the jar in Havana from a babalao — a Santeria priest — and were asked to deliver it to someone in Miami, the airline industry official told the newspaper.

More:
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/03/22/2708570/luggage-from-cuba-found-at-mia.html#storylink=cpy

[Art_from_Ark]

1. Hokey smokes, Bullwinkle

That's really bizarre

[MADem]

2. You learn something new every day.

I never heard the term "babalao"---the closest thing I ever heard coming out of Cuba was Ricky Ricardo saying "BabaLOOOOOOOOO" on the "I Love Lucy" show.

[Ecumenist]

4. CLOSE and analagous, MADem. Both are forms of names of a "god" in Voudoun, (voodoo). nt

[MADem]

5. Ah HA! Thanks for that bit of info!

[vt_native]

3. I didn't know the Santorums were in Miami

[kestrel91316]

6. Where were Rick and Karen Santorum?

[ZombieHorde]

7. Should human fetus use in rituals or art be illegal?

If so, what should the punishment be?

If a woman has a miscarriage, should she be able to do whatever she wants with the dead fetus?