Pelon Pelo Rico Pelon Pelo Rico The treat's name loosely translates in English to "Yummy-Hair Baldie", because the candy is squeezed out of a tube through a grate, producing a Medusa-like effect. Pelon Pelo Rico is inexpensive, being sold for approximately US$0.50 at corner stores, and is commonly found in Mexican-owned stores and markets. It is enjoyed both in Mexico and the U.S. Pelon Pelo Rico has been implicated in the ongoing controversy in the United States surrounding unhealthy levels of lead in imported candies. It has tested high for lead in nearly 20 percent of government tests between 1994 and 2004. In
Ai Pelo Prison Ai Pelo Prison Ai Pelo Prison or Aipelo Prison (, ) is an historic late nineteenth-century Portuguese colonial prison in the "suco", East Timor, adjacent to the Savu Sea. It was deactivated in 1939 and is now a ruin. The expression "Ai Pelo" is apparently derived from the local Tocodede language word "epelo", which means "bitter water" and was used by the inhabitants of a nearby village to refer to the prison. According to a museum label panel now located at the prison, the description "bitter water" was a clear allusion to the mistreatments inflicted there. Construction of Ai Pelo