Overview
- Forensic analysis concluded the chocolate-covered raspberries were deliberately injected with thallium before delivery to a Bogotá apartment on April 3.
- Colombia’s prosecution service identified businesswoman Zulma Guzman Castro as a suspect and requested Interpol’s help, with local reports saying a Red Notice was circulated after she left the country.
- Prosecutors allege a courier delivered the package after receiving it from a friend of the suspect, and investigators say the girls initially refused an earlier attempt to hand it over.
- Guzman publicly denies involvement, says she was never notified of an investigation, and acknowledges travel through Argentina, Brazil, Spain and the UK.
- Investigators are re-examining the earlier death of one victim’s stepmother for potential links, while families say two other people who ate the dessert survived, one with lasting injuries.