as a result peru 's chief of police , miguel hidalgo , announced mr murga would be put on indefinite leave from his job for sullying the reputation of his unit .
they were compounded when police from the region of huanuco .
mr murga told journalists how four suspects had confessed to gruesome murders reviving an andean legend about the pishtacos - mythical killers who murdered people on lonely roads to collect their fat .
eusebio felix was put on leave from his job for telling peruvians last month that four suspected murderers apprehended by police were " pishtacos " — the legendary killers who roam the andes mountains extracting fat from travelers .
last month , top organised crime investigator felix murga said up to 60 people .
he said they were selling their fat for thousands of dollars a litre .
but on tuesday , after weeks of doubts about the case , police in lima , the capital , said the investigation had been botched .
police initially said the gang murdered up to 60 victims and exported their fat for thousands of dollars a liter to italian cosmetics makers .
but two weeks later a complete lack of evidence showed the police account to be more fiction that fact .