Overview

• Officials report 25 people affected in total, including 11 dead, with 10 in intensive care, three under observation, and one discharged.
• Methanol was detected in samples from a deceased victim and from a patient in intensive care, confirming toxic adulteration.
• Victims include homeless residents who bought “cochoco,” an ultra-cheap mix sold in reused plastic bottles on Barranquilla streets.
• Police say the drink was produced in unsanitary conditions, the maker is among the dead, and investigators are probing distribution reports that include a motorcycle vendor.
• Doctors at the General Hospital of Barranquilla say patients arrived in critical condition, with methanol poisoning often mimicking severe drunkenness before progressing to vision loss and fatal complications.