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Odebrecht witness died of cyanide poisoning: report
by Adriaan Alsema January 8, 2019
The transparency secretary of former President Juan Manuel Santos and a witness in the Odebrecht bribery scandal died of cyanide poisoning, according to local media.
Public television news broadcast Noticias Uno reported on Monday that both a family member and an official of the medical examiner’s office confirmed Rafael Merchan died of cyanide poisoning.
The family told newspaper El Tiempo shortly after his death in December that the former official had killed himself.
An anonymous cousin of Merchan and an anonymous Medical Examiner’s Office investigator confirmed that the cause of death was the same as that of the son of key witness Jorge Enrique Pizano, who died in November.
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https://colombiareports.com/odebrecht-witness-died-of-cyanide-poisoning-report/
