Tainted Alcohol Kills 19 in Costa Rica

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Tainted Alcohol Kills 19 in Costa Rica

30,000 bottles of alcohol were seized after toxic methanol was found in some.

19 people have died in Costa Rica from drinking tainted alcohol.

The Ministry of Health confirmed that 14 men and five women were killed due to methanol poisoning in the space of just five weeks.

All of the victims were aged between 32 and 72; seven died in San Jos?, four in Cartago, three in Lim?n, two in Guanacaste, one in Heredia and two are pending investigation.

Government officials seized 30,000 bottles of the suspected contaminated brands, including Guaro Montano, Guaro Gran Apache, Star Welsh, Aguardiente Bar?n Rojo, Aguardiente Timbuka and Aguardiente Molotov.

Methanol is sometimes used by bootleggers to dilute alcohol to increase its potency as well as profit margins.

According to the Ministry, a fatal dose of methanol depends on the concentration, if it is mixed with other alcohols and the weight of the person consuming it.

It warns that generally a dose of just 0.2 milliliters of 100% methanol per kilogram of the consumer's weight is toxic.

Tainted alcohol was one of the suspected causes behind the recent wave of suspicious deaths in Costa Rica's Caribbean neighbor, the Dominican Republic.

This week the DR government announced a range of new safety standards after at least 11 US tourists died there, even though statistically there was no uptick in foreigner fatalities.

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20th person dies of suspected methanol poisoning from tainted alcohol in Costa Rica


Another person has died from apparent methanol poisoning stemming from tainted alcohol in Costa Rica, according to government officials.

Costa Rica's Ministry of Health confirmed Wednesday that a 20th person has died, bringing the number of total victims deceased and sickened from drinking the tainted alcohol to 41.

Officials from the health ministry and law enforcement officers raided alcohol distributor Pinares de Heredia on Wednesday to obtain evidence about possibly tainted alcohol bottled with the label "Aguardiente Estrella Roja."

During the raid, officials seized wines and liquors that lacked the necessary sanitary registrations or had expired registrations, according to the ministry.

The victims are all Costa Rican residents and ranged in age from 32 to 72, the ministry previously announced.

The fatalities occurred in San Jos?, Cartago, Lim?n, Guanacaste and Heredia.

Last week, the Costa Rican government confiscated more than 30,000 bottles of alcohol suspected to be tainted.
The brands confiscated in those raids include Guaro Montano, Guaro Gran Apache, Star Welsh, Aguardiente Bar?n Rojo, Aguardiente Timbuka and Aguardiente Molotov, according to the ministry, which advised residents to avoid drinking them.

A spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State said the agency is not aware of any U.S. citizens affected by the consumption of tainted alcohol. The department has not made any changes to the travel advisory for Costa Rica at this time, the spokesperson said.

The amount of alcohol adulterated with methanol that a person can drink before suffering fatal consequences depends on the concentration as well as the person's biological makeup, health ministry officials said in a statement last week.

Additional information was not immediately available.

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[REHH]

Same shit going on in Mexico and Dominican Republic