Overview
- The poisoning occurred Sunday morning in the native community of Alto Parijari, Unión Asháninka, La Convención, in the VRAEM’s Bajo Urubamba sector.
- A baby about one year old died roughly an hour after eating the sapo-based dish, and an 11-year-old girl died during transfer to higher-level care.
- Six relatives—the parents and four children—were admitted to Hospital San Juan de Kimbiri and are reported stable under close medical observation.
- Patients developed rapid-onset nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and intense abdominal pain, with weak pulse and hypotension noted; officials say the fatal cases likely progressed to cardiorespiratory arrest.
- Health authorities and police are pursuing two working hypotheses—species misidentification versus improper preparation of a traditionally consumed amphibian—with laboratory analyses underway and risk guidance to follow.