Americans Looking for Love Are Getting Killed by Gangs in Colombia
Story by Kejal Vyas • 4d
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Americans Looking for Love Are Getting Killed by Gangs in Colombia© Provided by The Wall Street Journal
BOGOTÁ, Colombia—Minnesota comedian Tou Ger Xiong had fallen in love with the expat lifestyle in the vibrant Colombian city of Medellín: stock trading by day, fine dining and dance clubs by night.
He was one of a rising number of Americans and foreign nationals who began flocking to the country after the Covid-19 pandemic, some on new digital nomad visas introduced to help spur a growing startup scene.
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But hours after prosecutors say he went out on a date on Dec. 10, he was calling family and friends back home to wire him $2,000, telling them he had been kidnapped and held for ransom. The next day, police found Xiong’s lifeless body with multiple stab wounds and bruises after being tossed off a 260-foot cliff along the side of a stream in a lush, wooded area of a city renowned for its eternal spring climate and rolling green hills.
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Americans Looking for Love Are Getting Killed by Gangs in Colombia© Provided by The Wall Street Journal
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