Overview
- Municipal security footage shows a man sprinkling a powder on grass at Calle 28 and Ricardo Angulo on Oct. 10, with the video turned over to the National Police and Public Ministry.
- An external laboratory identified metomil in soil and a necropsy sample, with officials noting the carbamate insecticide is prohibited for urban green areas.
- San Isidro authorities report seven pets dead linked to the treated areas, while some accounts cite eight, with animals collapsing within minutes and showing acute poisoning symptoms.
- Mayor Nancy Vizurraga says the municipality neither authorized nor uses metomil, and officials report the first poisoning was logged about an hour after the substance was spread.
- Police and municipal inspectors are interviewing workers and seeking the presumed gardener, as animal-rights groups prepare criminal complaints and neighbors organize vigils and protests.