Mexican writer ‘cut up and ate’ body

AN aspiring Mexican writer appeared in court this week on charges of murder and desecrating a corpse after he allegedly cut up and ate part of his girlfriend’s body.

But he refused to make a formal plea, saying, “I can’t get my thoughts together right now.”

Jose Luis Calva — better known in tabloids as Mexico City’s “cannibal” — had previously acknowledged to police killing 32-year-old girlfriend Alejandra Galeana.

Prosecutors say they believe he also killed and dismembered two other girlfriends, but he was not charged for those crimes yesterday. Calva told police he cooked the flesh in order to feed it to neighbourhood dogs.