Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet Pablo Neruda died from poisoning nearly 50 years ago, his family says based on a new report from forensic scientists.
The official line has been that Neruda, who passed away just as dictator Augusto Pinochet came to power, died of prostate cancer, but his family has long argued that wasn't the case.10 years ago under court order, and a 2017 analysis found traces of botulism in one of the poet's molars. The body was fully analyzed to check if the toxin had been introduced before burial.
Neruda's family says forensic tests carried out by a team of experts from Canada, Denmark and Chile showed the presence of Clostridium botulinum, a toxin that can cause paralysis in the nervous system and death.The report was released to a Chilean judge on Wednesday, but she has not made the findings public. The judge, Paola Plaza, said she'll review the reports and reveal next steps on March 7.
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