Colombian officials offer a US$12,000 reward for information about the killing of an Italian tourist

Colombian officials offer a US$12,000 reward for information about the killing of an Italian tourist

Authorities in the Colombian city of Santa Marta announced a US$12,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of those who killed an Italian tourist whose dismembered remains were found in a suitcase dumped on the city’s outskirts.

Italian biologist Alessandro Coatti's dismembered body reportedly found in suitcase in Colombia

A mayor in Colombia has offered a reward worth more than $11,000 for information after an Italian biologist's dismembered body was discovered in a suitcase.

The Mayor of Santa Marta has announced a reward of 50 million pesos (about 11,300 dollars) to those who give information about the murder of the Italian biologist Alessandro Coatti, 42 years old. The body of the scientist, dismembered, appeared this Sunday in a suitcase, abandoned on the road to the Sierra Nevada stadium, in the urban area of the city. The tourist, graduated in molecular neurobiology, worked for eight years as a scientist from t…

He had left his job in London. He was traveling around South America

The head in a suitcase. Yellow on the death of the 38-year-old biologist (ANSA)

The Italian Government appointed a specialized chief prosecutor to assist in the investigation of the murder of molecular biologist Alessandro Coatti, whose dismembered body was found in different parts of Santa Marta. This measure seeks to coordinate efforts with the Colombian authorities to clarify the motives of the crime and capture those responsible. The Prime Minister of Italy, after consulting his Embassy in Bogotá, made the decision to s…