VAN DER SLOOT PIC FUROR

Authorities in Peru have gone ballistic over a photo leaked to media of accused murderer JORAN van der SLOOT mugging with other inmates in prison.

The photograph seen here was first aired by the Peruvian TV net America TV and shows the Dutch thug  chilling with fellow inmates Hugo Trujillo Ospina and William Trickett Smith II.

A fourth inmate is not ID'ed in the inflammatory pic snapped in Castro Castro prison.

"On August 23, the Office of Internal Affairs of the institution began administrative and disciplinary actions with the goal of establishing responsibility over the acts of official misconduct by employees of the Castro Castro Correctional Institution," officials said in a statement.

"They improperly used photographic equipment that was meant for administrative duties."

Peru's National Institute of Corrections said disciplinary action against the jailers was pending after a thorough investigation.

As The ENQUIRER reported previously van der Sloot stands accused of murdering 21 year old Stephany Flores and has long been considered a suspect in the disappearance of American teen beauty Natalee Holloway in Aruba in 2005.