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BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Colombian authorities on Wednesday were investigating the alleged kidnapping and murder of a Hmong American comedian and activ.
Colombian authorities on Wednesday were investigating the alleged kidnapping and murder of a Hmong American comedian and activist who was found dead Monday in a wooded area of the northern city Medellín. Prosecutors told reporters that Tou Ger Xiong, 50, arrived in Medellín on Nov. 29. Yiri Amado Sánchez, sectional director of Medellín prosecutor’s office, indicated that another friend of the activist reported the kidnapping for ransom — a common occurrence in the city.
“The pain of his loss is indescribable,” Xiong’s family said in a statement. A Colombian newspaper reported that he was kidnapped while on a date with a woman he met on social media.