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Thames Rescue Leads to Arrest Warrant for Colombian Suspect in Thallium Raspberry Killings

Extradition proceedings remain pending until medical clearance in London.

Overview

  • Metropolitan Police rescued Zulma Guzmán Castro near Battersea, identified her as the Interpol-targeted suspect, and transferred her to a hospital with injuries described as not life-threatening.
  • Westminster Magistrates' Court issued an arrest warrant, and an initial extradition hearing is expected when doctors clear her to appear.
  • Colombia’s Fiscalía says it will formalize an extradition request after her discharge, with legal steps in the UK likely to take months.
  • Interpol issued a Red Notice on December 4 after months of international movement that included Argentina, Brazil and Spain before she entered the UK on November 11.
  • Forensic tests found lethal thallium in two teens, Inés de Bedout, 14, and Emilia Forero, 13, while two others were hospitalized; investigators cite a suspected personal revenge motive that she denies, and a Buxton water bottle seen in a clandestine interview pointed searches toward Britain.