A Chilean tourist has died and his tech colleague is recovering after they were reportedly drugged at a bar and then beaten and robbed while dumped in a ditch in Rio de Janeiro.
Ronald Tejeda, 29, and his friend Andres Orellana, 29, had been on holiday in Brazil since last week and visited a bar in the town of Lapa on Saturday before being attacked, police said.
Tejeda and Orellana were found side by side in a 5-meter-deep trench on Sunday morning and were rushed to Souza Aguilar Hospital, the fire department said.
Tejeda was diagnosed with a perforated lung, a head injury, but died of a stroke, his brother, Jorge Tejeda, told Chilean news outlet Chilevisión Noticias.
Chilean engineer Ronald Tejeda was vacationing with a friend in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, when they were reportedly drugged in a bar on Saturday night. The pair were robbed and beaten before being dumped in a ditch and rescued alive on Sunday. But Tejeda suffered a stroke and died on Wednesday
Andres Orellana (pictured) survived after being drugged, beaten and robbed on Saturday while vacationing with his colleague Ronald Tejeda in Rio de Janeiro. Orellana remains in the hospital and is being treated for fractures to the ribs and collarbone and a punctured lung
“It was a blow to the head, where he had a stroke,” said Jorge Tejeda. “He fought, we all fought, but he lost his battle.
“Let justice be done, find those responsible,” he added. ‘Everything is difficult. It’s hard to be there.’
Jorge Tejeda said there is a suspicion that Ronald Tejeda and Orellana were drugged by people they shared beer with.
Orellana, who was transferred to Pró-Cardíaco Hospital, had scratches on his chest, arms and legs, as well as fractures to the ribs and collarbone and a punctured lung, his friend, Patricio Rodríguez, said in an interview with news outlet 24 Horas.
Orellana thanked the well-wishers with a social media post Wednesday, but declined to provide details about exactly what happened.
“For those of you asking how I’m doing, I promise I’ll message you later. I am moving to another hospital to redo other tests,” he wrote. “At the moment I am stable and it will be a long recovery here in Brazil. For everyone who has lived with Ronald, live each day as if it were the last.’
Brazilian investigators suggest that Ronald Tejeda and his friend were drugged with “Goodnight, Cinderella,” a drug that weakens a person and makes them vulnerable to being robbed, assaulted and even raped.
Chilean nationals Andres Orellana (left) and Ronald Tejeda (right) were reportedly drugged at a bar in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday and then beaten and robbed. Orellana remains in hospital, but Tejeda died of a stroke on Wednesday
“Goodnight, Cinderella,” a drug that weakens a person and makes a person vulnerable to robbery, assault, and even rape.
Rio de Janeiro authorities are investigating the attack on the tourists and have not disclosed what was stolen.
They suggest they were doped with “Good Night, Cinderella,” a drug that weakens a person and makes a person vulnerable to being robbed, assaulted, and even raped.
Tejeda and Orellana ordered an Uber that picked them up at the bar and took them to Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana neighborhood before losing contact with their loved ones.
“They found them by accident, they could have gone months without finding them,” Rodríguez said.
As of Thursday, no arrests had been reported.