WORLD IN BRIEF : COLOMBIA : Bags of Cocaine Found in Body
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
An American found slain last month near Bogota reportedly had tried to smuggle cocaine by swallowing bags of the drug. La Prensa, El Espectador and El Tiempo newspapers of Bogota identified the victim as Stacy Walter Casio, 23, of Monroe, La. A medical report said 15 plastic bags of cocaine were found in Casio’s stomach, the newspapers said. His body was found Sept. 22. He had been tortured, and his killers cut him open in a failed attempt to get the bags out, the newspapers said.
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