Authorities say a pre-dawn search at an Acapulco prison led to the discovery of two peacocks, 100 fighting cocks, two big bags of pot and 19 prostitutes within the prison. Oh, and dozens of recent-model plasma televisions, several bottles of alcohol (LOL: "several"), and lots and lots of knives. A government spokesperson would not say how the sex workers, birds and contraband got into the prison. He referred to the peacocks as "pets".
Prostitutes, pot, pet peacocks, and plasma TVs found in Mexico prison raid
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