Five days after 53-year-old Puerto Rican Gustavo Javier Rodríguez Meléndez was found dead in Medellín, Colombia, key questions remain unanswered, with the death being investigated as a possible homicide. The businessman and technology consultant was found without signs of life on Monday, October 19, at a lodging in the Laureles neighborhood. His room was disordered and, according to preliminary reports, some belongings were missing, leading investigators to examine the possibility of a robbery.
One of the main hypotheses is that Rodríguez Meléndez may have been given scopolamine, a substance that can be used to incapacitate victims, though results from Legal Medicine will be key to determining the cause of death. No definitive finding has been released so far, nor any information about arrests in the case. The Puerto Rican had arrived in Medellín on Friday, October 16, and was captured by security cameras the following day while retrieving a wallet he had left behind at a business.
The Puerto Rico Department of State previously reported that it had requested information from Colombian authorities and was available to assist his relatives with the corresponding procedures.