U.S. Embassy Warns Americans About Dating Apps in Colombia After Suspicious Deaths
The U.S. Embassy in Colombia on Wednesday warned Americans about using dating apps in the country after a string of “suspicious” deaths in recent weeks.
In a public security alert, the embassy in Bogota said it is aware of eight suspicious deaths of “private U.S. citizens” in Medellin between Nov. 1 and Dec. 31. “The deaths appear to involve either involuntary drugging overdose or are suspected homicides,” the alert said.
The embassy said the deaths aren’t believed to be linked, owing to the different circumstances of the cases. Several of those cases, however, “point to possible drugging, robbery, and overdose, and several involve the use of online dating applications,” the embassy said.