NY Breh Dies on a Trip to Colombia. Took His mom 5 Months to learn what happened

[the bossman]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/25/us/omar-watson-colombia-solo-trip-cec/index.html

A New York man died while on a solo trip to Colombia. It took his grieving mother 5 months to learn what happened​

Omar Watson made a promise to his mother before he left New York City for Colombia in late February.

Moments before he climbed into a rideshare to the airport, they hugged in the kitchen of their Brooklyn home. She reminded him of her only request whenever he travels.

“I told him, ‘Omar, if nothing else, make sure every time you get into your Airbnb at night, you message me and say, ‘Mommy, I’m OK,’” Hyacinth Watson told CNN. He said he would.

Her 31-year-old son sent her a message after his first full day in Bogotá on February 24. And the second day. And the third day. He did not check in on his fourth night, so she called him instead.

It was the last time she heard his voice. In the early afternoon on February 29, less than two days after that phone call, Omar Watson was found dead in the bathroom of his Airbnb.

His American passport was on a wooden dresser near the apartment unit entrance, according to a report from police investigators in Bogotá. But his phone, iPad and wallet had vanished, his mother said.

And so began Hyacinth Watson’s five-month ordeal to unravel the mystery on how her only child died in an unfamiliar country more than 2,000 miles away. Without her son’s phone, which likely would have offered clues, the grieving mother was left to wonder: How did he spend his final days? Was he alone when he died inside the white stucco apartment building? And why did his red canvas suitcase, which arrived months later, contain petite feminine clothes — along with his items?

“There’s not a day that I don’t break down. There’s not a day that goes by that I don’t wish I had taken a flight and gone to see him,” she told CNN in July, wiping her tears with trembling hands. “I don’t sleep very well at night. I barely eat. My entire life is different. And nobody is telling me how my child died.”

Two days of silence — and then a dreaded phone call​

As an unmarried online stock trader and entrepreneur who lived with his parents in Brooklyn, Watson was not tied to a desk job. His iPad was his business portal, and he took it everywhere he went, his mother said.

He was an avid solo traveler, and had been to a handful of countries, including Japan, Brazil, Mexico and France. After his one-week stay in Colombia, he was planning to go to Portugal.

“He just wanted to see the world. Any country he could travel (to), he did,” his mother said. “I never ever imagined that his death would happen during his travel.”

Colombia is an increasingly popular travel destination for Americans and other international tourists. From January to June this year, more than a quarter of foreign visitors to Colombia were from the US, according to the nation’s tourism ministry. It listed Bogotá as having the largest percentage of non-resident foreign tourists.

But traveling to Colombia, which also has a history of racism against Black people, is not without risk.

Shortly before Watson’s visit, the US Embassy in Bogotá issued a warning about eight suspicious deaths of US citizens in Medellin between November 1 and December 31. Last year, the embassy warned that robbers were drugging tourists in the country with scopolamine, a drug nicknamed “devil’s breath.”

Hyacinth Watson had seen the embassy’s warning and worried that her son had been the victim of foul play.

She rehashed their last phone conversation over and over for any hints of health problems. He’d told her he’d vomited and had diarrhea for a few days but was feeling better after getting medication from a local pharmacy. She recalls asking him why his breathing sounded a little slower than usual, but he insisted he was fine, she said.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/25/us/omar-watson-colombia-solo-trip-cec/index.html

Three months after the funeral, in late July, FedEx delivered Watson’s suitcase to Brooklyn, setting off a new wave of emotions.

Inside the suitcase were his clothes, along with dresses, blouses, pink sandals and silver hoop earrings. His mother said the clothes appeared new and while her son was social and made friends during his solo travels, he did not mention meeting anyone in Colombia.

“I don’t know of a girlfriend … the suitcase made me more confused,” she said.

 

[BrothaZay]

 

[Rekkapryde]

"Shortly before Watson’s visit, the US Embassy in Bogotá issued a warning about eight suspicious deaths of US citizens in Medellin between November 1 and December 31. Last year, the embassy warned that robbers were drugging tourists in the country with scopolamine, a drug nicknamed “devil’s breath.”

when the US Embassy is telling you to . You listen.

 

[TAYLONDO SAMSWORTHY]

Passport bro ass nikka most likely tried to get some high risk uncut Colombian bbl and ended up slumped in his airbnb bathroom.

“Online stock trader/entrepreneur” living at home with his parents going to colombia by himself just to “travel the world”. Nah bro was prolly a sneaky forex nikka wit 12 awareness on madden, travelling to try and accumulate some low premium spanish cave demon and ended up in the upper room

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

"Shortly before Watson’s visit, the US Embassy in Bogotá issued a warning about eight suspicious deaths of US citizens in Medellin between November 1 and December 31. Last year, the embassy warned that robbers were drugging tourists in the country with scopolamine, a drug nicknamed “devil’s breath.”

when the US Embassy is telling you to . You listen.

BUT I ..MUST......GET ...TO ...THE.....AIR ....PORT

 

[Piffiztheanswer]

Just the other day i was looking for an apartment for my stay and they had signs in the room and the lobby that said please do not engage in sexual activities for pornographic use with minors. I can only imagine the fukkery that made that sign necessary, I bounced so fast.

 

[chiefdogg]

Crazy and R.I.P., wonder why homie went alone.

 

[TAYLONDO SAMSWORTHY]

Crazy and R.I.P., wonder why homie went alone.

 

[Lord_nikon]

Just read about this,,,,

They saying it was Blood clot,,, i have heard about this many times when people take long trips on airplanes

If this is true

 

[RehReh]

Just read about this,,,,

They saying it was Blood clot,,, i have heard about this many times when people take long trips on airplanes

If this is true

Always Good to wear compression socks ☣

 

[chiefdogg]

I'm just saying though I'm not going to Colombia without one of the homies.

 

[FAH1223]

"Shortly before Watson’s visit, the US Embassy in Bogotá issued a warning about eight suspicious deaths of US citizens in Medellin between November 1 and December 31. Last year, the embassy warned that robbers were drugging tourists in the country with scopolamine, a drug nicknamed “devil’s breath.”

when the US Embassy is telling you to . You listen.

My boss is now based in Colombia and told my colleague when she went down in April to not shake people's hands because of that drug.

And just saw women's items were in his bag. That is a red flag. Smh.

 

[L&HH]

I'm just saying though I'm not going to Colombia without one of the homies.

If he had homies to go with I’m sure he wouldn’t either. 31 year old online stock trader and entrepreneur who lives with his parents and is traveling to Columbia….

We all know what that description reads as.

 

[TELL ME YA CHEESIN FAM?]

If he had homies to go with I’m sure he wouldn’t either. 31 year old online stock trader and entrepreneur who lives with his parents and is traveling to Columbia….

We all know what that description reads as.

Jamaican dude in Brazil was with his friend and still got drugged and robbed
If you're going for sex just stick with brothels and legit escorts
Leave all that other shyt to seasoned mongers

 

[Double Burger With Cheese]

"Shortly before Watson’s visit, the US Embassy in Bogotá issued a warning about eight suspicious deaths of US citizens in Medellin between November 1 and December 31. Last year, the embassy warned that robbers were drugging tourists in the country with scopolamine, a drug nicknamed “devil’s breath.”

when the US Embassy is telling you to . You listen.

This is a fact. But if you going to Columbia and not trying to buy p*ssy or dope you typically not gonna have to worry about shyt like this. I done been to Columbia twice and never had no issues like this. First off, they know better. I’ll have 30 nikkas with choppas on the next flight out there. But more importantly, I wasn’t there on no type of fukkery. Straight business shyt. In and out.