A Dutch tourist was found dead of still unknown causes in a hotel room in Medellín, the capital of Antioquia, where they died this week for violent reasons three Americans, according to sources from the National Police this Saturday.
The deceased, who was staying in a building that offers accommodation in apartments with hotel services in the El Poblado sectorwas identified by authorities as Keneth Jules De Fares, 57, who they found “without signs of violence.”
“In the last few hours, in a hotel in the jurisdiction of El Poblado, a lifeless body was found, which corresponds to a citizen of Dutch nationality,” said the commander of Police District 1.Lieutenant Colonel Michael Aguilar Rodríguez.
The senior officer added that, according to the investigations carried out, The Dutch tourist entered the hotel with two women, therefore “this fact is a matter of investigation.”
Jules De Fares He was found on Friday by the building’s cleaning staff who, upon seeing that he was not responding, went to an emergency service, but the doctors who attended to the case reported that the tourist had no vital signs.
The Dutchman became the fifth foreigner to appear dead in the Aburrá Valley, a region of the department of Antioquia, during the last week, the most recent of them an American tourist, 73 years oldwho died in the municipality of Barbosa after consuming yagé, a drink of indigenous origin.
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Authorities reported that the woman, identified as Patricia Gail Turneymoved from Medellín to a farm in the El Hatillo hamlet, where he participated in a ritual and suffered health complications.
Likewise, on Monday the American was found dead Dakarai Earl Cobb, 47 years oldin the room of a house in the Santa Lucía neighborhood, where he had stayed.
The other two cases correspond to that of Anthony Lopezfound dead in a hotel in the Laureles neighborhood, and that of Manley Mark Conlen, 37, who died after falling from the 17th floor of a building.
In the midst of this panorama, La FM de RCN recently spoke with the Secretary of Security of Medellín, Manuel Villa, who highlighted the need to address this problem comprehensively.
Secretary Villa insisted on the seriousness of the situation, recalling that in 2023, 118 deaths of foreigners were reported in Medellín, of which 45 were violent. Among these, he highlighted that 36 corresponded to Venezuelan citizens and nine to people of other nationalities.
According to preliminary police information, the causes of death of the five foreigners include two by suicide and the other three are yet to be established, despite being associated with health problems and overdoses.
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Alert tourists who use dating apps
In January, the United States Embassy in Colombia issued an alert of homicides of foreigners who use dating applications in Medellín, since between November and December of last year eight compatriots died violently in this city.
“I regret every death that occurs, but the same statement from the United States Government suggests that some of the people who lost their lives could have been related to having fallen into traps of criminal networks of people who search on these platforms for appointments,” expressed at the time the Mayor of Medellín, Federico Gutiérrez.
According to him Tourism Observatory of the Medellín Administrationrobberies against foreigners – other than Venezuelans – increased by 200% in the third quarter of 2023, compared to the previous year, and violent deaths increased by 29%, with the majority of these murdered being Americans.
