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Frenchman found murdered north of Medellin

Colombia news - Bello

A French citizen, who had been missing for over a week, was found dead in an abandoned taxi in Bello, north of Medellin, authorities announced Tuesday.

A dismembered body found in a taxi in the town north of Medellín on May 14 was identified as that of Frenchman Gilbert Joseph Pierre Vial Guerrero "whose family reported him missing on 11 May when he traveled from La Ceja to Envigado", the Antioquia office of the Prosecutor General said.

"The Technical Investigation Corps (CTI) was able to identify a body found in an abandoned taxi on May 14 as the missing French man", the PG added.