Can't make this shit up dept: Peruvian Mayor busted CV curfew, plays dead to avoid arrest

[Dennis Donovan]

Link to tweet

Mary Murray ✔@MaryMurrayNBC

Story of the day! A mayor in Peru out drinking w buddies gets caught by the cops for violating #coronavirus curfew. Mayor jumps into a casket and pretends he‘s dead to avoid arrest. Not sure where they were partying but there was a handy casket nearby.

https://elcomercio.pe/peru/huancavelica-alcalde-de-tantara-se-hizo-el-muerto-en-ataud-para-no-ser-detenido-video-nnpp-noticia/ …
Huancavelica: alcalde de Tantará se hizo el muerto en ataúd para no ser detenido | VIDEO
Jaime Urbina Torres fue intervenido, junto con otras personas, cuando incumplía el toque de queda y las normas sanitarias para enfrentar el COVID-19. El alcalde habría estado ebrio.

11:06 AM - May 21, 2020

A reverse Weekend At Bernie's

[FM123]

1. So they had a casket all ready to go just in case.....

Oh my.

[Celerity]

2. wtf, lololol

it is like something out of a dodgy telenovela

[fleur-de-lisa]

3. The mask gives him away.

Pretty sure a corpse wouldn't need a mask.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Do dead people really need masks? Nice try, though.

[Mike 03]

5. Thank god they didn't pull out a set of shovels and

bury the guy! Or toss him in a coroner's freezer.

[NNadir]

6. That's too funny! Of course, if he keeps it up, he could be dead for real.

[SeattleVet]

7. Just need one person to say, "OK, let's start the autopsy."

[Caliman73]

8. Comforting to know there are other idiots in government. Only this one is only a mayor

Our IDIOTS are the president and Senate Majority Leader.