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US embassy and Colombia issue warnings after uptick in murders and date-rape druggings of foreign tourists in Medellín.

All Israeli expat Omer Bloch knows for sure about his Tinder date in the Colombian city of Medellin is that she was "beautiful" -- and used a powerful drug to

All Israeli expat Omer Bloch knows for sure about his Tinder date in the Colombian city of Medellin is that she was "beautiful" -- and used a powerful drug to knock him out and rob him.

MEDELLÍN, Colombia - The local detectives pointed to the spot in the grass near a creek where the body was found. Eh Xiong walked toward it, listening to the water flowing, thinking about the final moments before his brother’s death. Xiong, 56, had traveled from his home in Minnesota to Medellín in late December to try to understand what had happened to his brother, a 50-year-old U.S. citizen and well-known Hmong comedian and activist. Tou Ger Xiong was held for ransom, stabbed ...

The slaying of Tou Ger Xiong, a comedian from Minnesota, was one of at least eight “suspicious deaths” in November and December, the U.S. Embassy said.

All Israeli expat Omer Bloch knows for sure about his Tinder date in the Colombian city of Medellin is that she was "beautiful" -- and used a powerful drug to

All Israeli expat Omer Bloch knows for sure about his Tinder date in the Colombian city of Medellin is that she was "beautiful" -- and used a powerful drug to knock him out and rob him.

Medellin landlords and gangs skyrocket forced displacement April 15, 2021 Medellin landlords using gangs to evict tenants more than doubled forced displacement in Colombia’s second largest city, according to the local ombudsman. Medellin Ombudsman William Vivas said Wednesday that 530 people were forcibly displaced in the first two months of the year. This is more than twice as much as the 245 people were were forcibly displaced from their neighborhoods in the same period last year, according...