11 dead after drinking toxic liquor in Colombia

11 dead after drinking toxic liquor in Colombia

AFP

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A Health Secretariat inspector in Barranquilla checks a bottle following the death of 11 people after they drank a homemade liquor. Photo / AFP

Eleven people have died and 10 others are in a critical condition after consuming drinks from a dangerous batch of homemade liquor in the Colombian city of Barranquilla, officials reported Friday.

Most of the dead were unhoused street dwellers who consume “cochoco”, a cocktail of ethyl alcohol, methanol and other