Colombia, Two Americans Robbed in Taxi Heist, One Shot, Critically Injured

Posted on May 17, 2011 • Filed under: Colombia, Crime, TRAVEL

•Per rcnradio.com, Dwight Vásquez boarded a taxi with Leidy Johana Gutiérrez and Daile Brreden [sic], another U.S. citizen in the San Fernando neighborhood in Cali.
•While on route to a hotel in Chipichape, 3 assailants robbed the passengers of their belongings and performed the paseo millionario.
•American, Vásquez attempted to stop them and was shot twice and hospitalized with serious injuries.
•Gutiérrez suffered a mild contusion.
•Brrenden was left unharmed.
•The police are attempting to locate the taxi. It is suspected by authorities that the driver was an accomplice of the attackers. Read Article

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