Peruvian mummy found in deliveryman’s cooler bag

A Peruvian mummy up to 800 years old was discovered inside a cooler bag of a food deliveryman who referred to the ancient male corpse as his “spiritual girlfriend” whom he dubbed “Juanita.”

The Ministry of Culture of Peru released photos Sunday showing the mummified cadaver resting in a fetal position inside a red bag emblazoned with the logo of the popular Uruguayan takeout app Pedidos Ya.

Police made the shocking discovery after the deliveryman was spotted drinking beer at an archeological site in the city of Puno Saturday.

The man, identified as 26-year-old Julio Cesar Bermejo, revealed in an interview with the local news outlet Noticias Sin Filtro Puno TV that he had been sharing his room with the centuries-old skeleton, whom he nicknamed “Juanita,” having mistakenly assumed it was female.


This handout picture released on February 25, 2023 by Puno TV shows a mummy found inside a cooler box used by a delivery service worker in Puno, Peru.
A pre-Hispanic mummy up to 800 years ago is seen resting in a fetal position inside a takeout delivery bag in Puno, Peru.
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An ancient mummy is seen in a cooler box in Puno, Peru.
Julio Cesar Bermejo said he had been sharing his room with the mummy, whom he dubbed “Juanita” and referred to as his “spiritual girlfriend.”
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“It sleeps in my bedroom, with me. There’s my bed, the TV set and next to it, there’s Juanita,” Bermejo explained. “I take care of it. It’s like, if you’ll pardon the expression, as if it were my spiritual girlfriend.” 

Bermejo said the mummy was given to him by his father and had been in their family for 30 years, but he did not explain where or how his dad had obtained the artifact.

On Saturday, the deliveryman brought the mummified cadaver to the deserted archeological site in Puno to show it off to his friends over beers. He denied trying to sell “Juanita.”


Experts said that the mummified remains were not of a woman, but of a 45-year-old man who died between 600 and 800 years ago.
Experts said that the mummified remains were not of a woman, but of a 45-year-old man who died between 600 and 800 years ago.
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Police who were called to the scene seized the mummy and handed it over to Peru’s Ministry of Culture.

Officials stated that the pre-Hispanic mummy was, in fact, of an adult male measuring at 4 feet, 11 inches tall, who died around age 45 sometime between 600 and 800 years ago.

“It’s not a Juanita, it’s a Juan,” an expert at the ministry quipped.


The deliveryman man said that the mummy had been in his family for 30 years and that he took it out of the house Saturday to show his friends.
The delivery man said that the mummy had been in his family for 30 years and that he took it out of the house Saturday to show his friends.
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Bermejo and his two friends were detained on suspicion of crimes against Peru’s cultural heritage.

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