Friday, August 6, 2010  Another country heard from . . . Getting
in touch with his inner Aztec. "A strange ritual from their
native Mexico."  A multi-cultural libation from ancient Mexico.
Is it fair to knock it if you haven't tried it?  Man kills
friend, drinks his blood.  Published : Thursday, 05 Aug 2010,
5:26 AM EDT  BARTOW, Fla. (AP) - Bail has been denied for a
42-year-old central Florida man accused of stabbing a friend to
death and then drinking his blood.  A judge denied bail for
Mauricio Mendez Lopez who made his first court appearance
Thursday. In court Lopez said he had been drinking and had no
memory of the incident which happened Sunday.  Lopez was picked
up Wednesday after he was spotted by a citizen. He is accused of
killing Macario Cruz in a house they shared in Bartow.  A third
resident, Cruz's sister-in-law Mariella Mendez, told police that
Lopez fatally stabbed Cruz because he was having an affair with
her. Lopez is the uncle of Mendez and Cruz's wife, who lives in
Mexico.  A police report