Medellin, Colombia: Two tourists drugged with scopolamine, one dead

Posted on December 15, 2017 • Filed under: Colombia, Crime, Drug Activity, Latin America Travel
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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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