A Venezuelan woman was arrested at a hotel in Colombia after allegedly drugging two Brazilian men and robbing them of their personal belongings.
Surveillance footage showed security helping one of the victims, who was intoxicated, into a wheelchair and the victim’s friend pushing him to the elevator as the woman followed them to the elevator early Tuesday morning.
The woman, whose name was withheld by police, allegedly drugged the tourists and later returned to the lobby, where security stopped her after noticing her suspicious behavior, hotel director Oscar Restrepo said. Noticias Caracol.
A Venezuelan woman was arrested at a hotel in Colombia after allegedly drugging two Brazilian men and robbing them of their personal belongings.
Surveillance footage showed security helping one of the victims, who was intoxicated, into a wheelchair and the victim’s friend pushing him to the elevator as the woman followed them to the elevator early Tuesday morning.
The security staff did a welfare check and called the Brazilian men’s room, but after seeing that they were not answering the phone, they decided to call the police.
The men, whose names have not been released by police, were found in an incoherent condition.
“We were able to enter one of the rooms and identified two citizens of Brazilian nationality who were in a state of defenselessness, apparently as a result of the ingestion of a toxic substance,” Colonel Óscar Landazábal, commander of the Metropolitan Police of Bogotá, told the newspaper.
Police interrogated the woman in the lobby and seized a white powdery substance that she allegedly used to drug the men, and were able to recover the two luxury watches and two cell phones she had stolen.
The security staff did a welfare check and called the Brazilian men’s room, but after seeing that they weren’t answering the phone, they decided to call the police
The Venezuelan woman’s arrest comes a week after Colombian Paola Parra, wanted for drugging and robbing a Brazilian man in Rio de Janeiro, was arrested at Medellín’s José María Córdoba International Airport just before she could board the plane. boarding a flight to the Dominican Republic.
Parra, Colombian authorities said, had in the past used the dating app Bumble to meet men and then rob them.
An Interpol Red Notice was issued for her arrest after Brazilian police said she drugged a man to steal more than $23,000 in crypto, $650 in cash, as well as bank cards and other valuables.
Paola Parra was arrested on March 5 at José María Córdoba International Airport in Medellín. The 25-year-old Colombian is accused by authorities of stealing $23,000 worth of cryptocurrency from a man in Brazil after meeting him on Bumble.
Paola Parra was arrested on March 5 at an airport in Medellín, Colombia, after authorities in Brazil sought help from Interpol, which issued a Red Notice for her capture. Parra, a native of Colombia, allegedly used a banned substance to knock a Brazilian man unconscious before stealing $23,000 in cryptocurrency and 3,244 Brazilian reals, about $656.
In January the The US Embassy in Colombia warned travelers against using dating apps after the deaths of eight Americans in Medellín between November 1 and December 31, 2023.
The embassy indicated that several deaths indicated “possible drugging, theft and overdose, and that several deaths involved the use of online dating applications.”
The embassy also advised U.S. visitors that they should “strongly consider meeting only in public places and avoid isolated locations, such as homes or hotel rooms, where the potential for crime is greatest.”
‘It is also recommended that if Americans decide to invite a person they have met to a home or hotel, they speak to the attendant/concierge beforehand and establish a policy on what information your new visitor must provide before being allowed to enter to arrive (photo of identification, etc.) and what process to follow when your visitor leaves,” the mission said.