July 16 (UPI) -- Spanish police, in coordination with Europol, dismantled an organized crime group trading horsemeat in Europe sold for humans but unfit for consumption.
Spain's Guardia Civil arrested 65 people and charged them with crimes that included animal abuse, document forgery, perverting the course of justice, crimes against public health, money laundering and being part of a criminal organization, Europol announced Sunday.
The operation was coordinated with police in Belgium, France, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Switzerland and Britain. In 2016, the Guardia Civil's Environmental Protection Service "detected a scam whereby horses in bad shape, too old or simply labelled as 'not suitable for consumption' were being slaughtered in two different slaughterhouses," Europol said in a release.
Meat from the animals, which came from Portugal and several parts of northern Spain, was processed and sent to Belgium, a major horsemeat exporter.
Austin Powell
The beef market lobbied hard to keep horse meat from being consumed. At one point in the US there were more horses than cattle. As with anything in the US political system it comes down to profits.
William Davis
same reason we dont eat dogs and poor people
Wyatt Wilson
Ok dogs I get but explain poor people. If the homeless are just going to die of disease or drugs or exposure, why not mix them into ground beef?
You think your average Veeky Forums stoner eating Taco Bell's meat mixture is gonna notice?
Hunter White
Already happening. Totinos peperoni and sauce is made by planned parenthood.
Gavin Turner
Nice argument you have there.
Michael Thompson
There's very few people who actually have contact with horses daily, I wouldn't mind eating a horse or two.
Nathan Hernandez
I'm so hungry I could eat out a horse.
Thomas Gray
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Isaiah Jones
idk why it's illegal, probably cultural bullshit
but meat is one thing I don't really want to buy on the black market
Joshua Diaz
you mean because they taste bad?
Henry Williams
Horse meat isn't bad it's just very lean.
Jeremiah Flores
>horses in bad shape, too old or simply labelled as 'not suitable for consumption'
Well, that's the reason right there.
There's no food horses in the states, all the horses here are work or show animals doped up on god knows what which makes them unfit for human consumption.
Nolan Bennett
But I would pay good money for the novelty of food horses.
Camden Jenkins
And you can, but it's a whole process.
Just import British beef if you want horsemeat on the sly.
Isaac Myers
oh, so different from poor people then
Ethan Rodriguez
excuse me
Justin Cruz
ohs you didn’t know
Lucas Thomas
bump
Bentley Baker
Oh, you haven't heard?
Colton Watson
bump
Adrian Murphy
oh sweetie
Hunter Ortiz
lemme guess... jewish conspiracy
Josiah Parker
My grandpa used to eat it, and I occasionally enjoyed it too. I also once had stew with chunks of horsemeat instead of beef, it was incredibly tender.
Grayson Perez
What country are you from?
Tyler Miller
Naw man, Deez niggas is being responsible.
Jacob Jones
Belgium
Bentley Moore
No joke, I have a friend who is Jewish and also a Freemason. Needless to say I joke about it at every opportunity.
Nathaniel Bennett
My grandpa was a freemason but he was Catholic Irish.
Chase Morgan
>catholic mason
Then he was was excommunicated. Poor eternally suffering soul.
Charles Morales
>catholic mason good one
Dylan Anderson
Horses helped us take this great land from the native corn breath prairie monkeys who were wasting it's great potential. When you think of America, you think of cowboys. And cowboys ride horses. As a thank you for their service and companionship, we don't eat them.
As for eurofucks, who knows, who cares. I guess knights rode horses too so maybe same reason
Nathan Ortiz
No just basic recycling. It taste good so why care? What is it with you people and Jews?
Kayden Taylor
Come on man that's cannibalism the best bet would be dog food
Dominic Morales
I was just joking. Seems like everything is a Jewish conspiracy nowadays on this website.
Michael Perez
The JOOS are grinding up aborted babies and saucing pizzas with the vacuumed up slop.
Lincoln Nelson
You're confusing conspiracy with truth.
Aiden Young
nothing selective breeding can't fix :P
Jackson Cox
kek
Anthony Murphy
Because they have hooves but don't chew a cud.
Jayden Cook
I remember donkey meat being good stuff in China Shame I haven't had any since
Carson Johnson
It's also fairly common in some parts of the Netherlands. We have smoked horse meat as cold cuts but it's also made into seasoned sausages or a thick meat stew often served with fries. It's tasty and the smoked cuts are very clean and lean indeed.