Lilith
10-08-2005, 05:04 PM
(gg)
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Half a dozen Mexico City
prostitutes have been arrested for using eye drops
containing a sleep-inducing drug to knock out and rob
their clients, leaving at least five men dead, a
newspaper said on Monday.
One central city district has recorded 17 cases this
year including five deaths from the drug
cyclopentolate -- a muscle relaxant used in eye
examinations to dilate the pupil and blur vision.
"Once they are in the hotel it seems they slip a
substance into the client's drink. Our data shows that
they are using eye drops," local prosecutor Fernando
Lopez told the daily El Universal.
Mixing eye drops, which are not meant to be swallowed,
with alcohol can create a fatal mixture for someone
with heart problems, experts say.
One 39-year-old man who survived his ordeal and woke
up giddy and missing his wallet, said he was careful
not to let his drink out of his sight -- but
unwittingly ingested the drug after the sex worker
secretly applied it to her nipples.
Other victims of the ruse included a South African
tourist and a government legal advisor, Lopez said,
adding there could be many more victims who had opted
not to go to the police.
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Half a dozen Mexico City
prostitutes have been arrested for using eye drops
containing a sleep-inducing drug to knock out and rob
their clients, leaving at least five men dead, a
newspaper said on Monday.
One central city district has recorded 17 cases this
year including five deaths from the drug
cyclopentolate -- a muscle relaxant used in eye
examinations to dilate the pupil and blur vision.
"Once they are in the hotel it seems they slip a
substance into the client's drink. Our data shows that
they are using eye drops," local prosecutor Fernando
Lopez told the daily El Universal.
Mixing eye drops, which are not meant to be swallowed,
with alcohol can create a fatal mixture for someone
with heart problems, experts say.
One 39-year-old man who survived his ordeal and woke
up giddy and missing his wallet, said he was careful
not to let his drink out of his sight -- but
unwittingly ingested the drug after the sex worker
secretly applied it to her nipples.
Other victims of the ruse included a South African
tourist and a government legal advisor, Lopez said,
adding there could be many more victims who had opted
not to go to the police.