El Salvador jail was caught with a hand grenade stuffed up his backside -- a novel attempt to disguise his apparent escape plans.

Guards at the San Francisco Gotera prison outside the capital San Salvador found the V40 grenade, about the size of a golf ball, lodged up the man's rectum during a security clampdown, a prison spokesman said on Thursday.

They also caught another 16 inmates who each swallowed a mobile phone.

"We'll have to expel the objects and if they won't come out we'll have to perform surgery in hospital," said Alberto Uribe, a spokesman for the El Salvador prison service.

Last year, prison guards found an M67 grenade in the vagina of a female visitor at the overcrowded La Esperanza-Mariona prison on the northern fringes of San Salvador.

Prisoners in the Central American country use weapons to try to escape or attack fellow inmates and prison guards, and use cellular phones to order free gang members to commit crimes or smuggle narcotics.

[Submitter's note: Are these people aware that they'll need to remove the explosives when "nature calls"? And do they know that grenades are *designed* to explode when the pin is pulled out or somehow jostled loose, say, by trying to remove them from an enclosed tubelike structure?

Submitted on 03/03/2007

Submitted by: Gabriel Jacobs
Reference: Reuters, March 2nd, 2007

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James said:
Neutral: For Darwin's Eyes
I'm handing this off to Darwin because this happened at the exact same place in almost the exact same way last year! I imagine the dregs of society will resort to almost anything when in a state of desperation, and I'm hesitant to grant an HM because desperate people assume such obvious risks (ie a grenade suppository) as the lesser of two possible evils; nevertheless, my fellow mods may beg to differ. Thanks for submitting, Gabriel!

Chip said:
Neutral: For Darwin's Eyes
I'll go along with James on this one and ask Wendy to decide. I almost voted "too common". Imagine that! Stuffing a hand grenade up your nether region as being "too common"! Thanks for the story, Gabriel

Tracy said:
Neutral: For Darwin's Eyes
It's a funny story - but is it a hobby that they all enjoy??? I agree with James

Bruce said:
Neutral: For Darwin's Eyes
I agree with my fellow mods. Attempting to smuggle weapons of all types into prisons isn't all that uncommon, and using the human body is also a common method. But I still chuckled when I first read this story. Thanks, Gabriel!

Shadow said:
Definitely Toss: For Darwin's Eyes
With all the neutrals here, I wish to say that I dont think this is a keeper... to common to get any "keeps." Keep submitting though Gabriel

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