An American Airlines flight attendant based out of the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) has gone missing during a work layover in Medellín, Colombia, and there are now reports he may have been kidnapped.
Fernando Gutierrez was in Medellín on an overnight layover on Saturday and went out with another crew member to a local nightclub in the Poblado neighborhood, but he has not been seen since.
Concerns are now quickly escalating over his welfare.
It’s believed that when Fernando’s crew friend made her back safely to the crew hotel, he continued to party with two men he met at the nightclub. He has not been seen or heard from since.
Fernando had been posting videos to his Snapchat during his time in the nightclub, but his socials have since gone quiet, and his friends are unable to contact him.
Police in Dallas have been alerted to the young man’s disappearance, and American Airlines is said to be working with U.S. government officials in Colombia as they attempt to locate Fernando.
There are growing fears that Fernando may have fallen victim to scopolamine drugging, which is more often referred to as ‘Devil’s Breath’. Scopolamine is a drug that is legally used to treat motion sickness, but it is increasingly being hijacked by criminals.
According to Dipa Kamdar, a Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice, Kingston University, the drug “has gained a dark reputation as a substance that can erase memory, strip away free will and facilitate serious crimes.”
Most reports about the use of Devil’s Breath are in Colombia, where criminals use it to cause their victims temporary but severe memory loss. Victims of Devil’s Breath poisoning report suffering hallucinations, confusion, and a complete loss of control.
In the media, the effects of Devil’s Breath have been described as turning victims into ‘Zombies.’
Fernando was last seen in the early hours of Sunday morning and has not been heard from since. Originally from El Salvador, Fernando speaks Spanish but does not have any close links to Medellín.
Unfortunately, the search to find Fernando was reportedly delayed because local authorities in Colombia refused to take a missing persons report until it had been at least 24 hours since he was last heard from.
