Pishtacos - Could the myth become true?

Is known that local people, specially in towns, always have some interesting stories to tell, about beliefs and traditions.

One of these stories is about "Pishtaco", it is a man or a creature usually around highlands and mountains with the only purpose of killing people eat the meat and take the human fat, in order to sell it.

But what happen when these myths start becoming real?
Some days ago peruvian police has found dead human bodies in Huanuco, and also captured 4 people involved and accused of this kind of crime.

The purpose of the murders was take he human fat and sell it to foreing countries where this human fat could be used in cosmetics, in the machines, etc.