A deceased pensioner's family raided a hospital morgue and took his body away after being told his corpse had to be cremated due to Covid-19.
The family of Ramon Juarez are now facing a criminal investigation over the bizarre body snatch in the Argentinian town of Tartagal.
Footage showed a group of around 20 people - including the 69-year-old’s children, nephews and nieces and neighbours - rushing out of the morgue with his body inside a black bag on a stretcher they were carrying on their shoulders.
Onlookers watched on in astonishment as they place the body into the pick-up and drove him home. The whereabouts of Ramon's corpse remain unclear today as the hospital director confirmed he had lodged a formal complaint and prosecutors
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