ON THE NIGHT of November 8th, Jorge Enrique Pizano's wife found him lying on the bathroom floor in their house north of Bogota, the capital, wrapped in a towel and breathing heavily. He died on his way to hospital. The cause was a heart attack, said forensic experts. Three days later, his son, Alejandro, who had returned from Spain for his father's funeral, took a sip from a water bottle on Mr Pizano's desk. He complained of a foul taste, fainted and died moments later. Doctors said he had been poisoned with cyanide. His stomach, they said, was destroyed by the toxin. Alejandro's apparent poisoning raises questions about whether his father was the victim of foul play, too.
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