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Medellin, Colombia: Two Foreign Tourists Poisoned with Scopolamine, One Dead

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elmundo.com (machine translated) – The Cuban engineer identified as Víctor Ignacio Cuerdo, 49, died in Medellín after suffering an overdose of scopolamine together with a friend and partner, identified as Óscar Cruz, a Honduran national.

Both would have arrived in the city last Wednesday to participate in an international congress on hydroelectric power.

After the event, the two men traveled to the Lleras park to have a few drinks, but after asking for a bottle of liquor and being approached by two women they lost consciousness and were abandoned in the Variante, in the municipality of Caldas.

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Both were transferred to the municipality hospital and doctors found clonazepam in their body, a drug to treat diseases such as epilepsy, and in high doses causes death.

Foreigners were robbed of cash, credit cards and documents.

The Cuban engineer died while his partner was already discharged and after declaring the events remains in police custody at a hotel in Medellín. Read Article

 

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Colombia: Tourist from Belgium run over by vehicle, serious head trauma

INTERMEDIATE / ADVANCED SPANISH VOCABULARY – AN INDISPENSABLE REFERENCE GUIDE bucaramanga.extra.com.co (machine translated) A tourist of Belgian origin was run over in San Gil, Santander Thursday, September 7, 2017 Coiled in traffic accident a tourist of Belgian origin in San Gil. The woman has been identified as Siegrun Mayaert. The mishap occurred around 6:05 pm […]

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Colombia: ELN Guerrilla group claims kidnapped Russian killed when trying to escape

Euronews/Reuters NORTHWESTERN JUNGLES, Colombia By Helen Murphy and Luis Jaime Acosta – Colombia’s ELN guerrilla group said a Russian-Armenian citizen it held hostage for six months was killed in April while trying to escape, a startling admission that risks throwing current peace talks with the government into jeopardy.  In a rare interview, a commander of […]

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Tourist alleges she was raped in Cartagena Colombia

According to the complaint of the Spanish citizen, she and her boyfriend, of Argentine nationality, entered Colombia as ‘backpackers’ on the border with Ecuador. By: Digital Editorial BLU Radio A woman, of Spanish nationality, denounced having been a victim of sexual abuse in the sector known as Playa Blanca, in the city of Cartagena. According […]

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