Colombia Poison Suspect Rescued from River Thames

A businesswoman accused of poisoning two teenage girls to death in Colombia was rescued from the River Thames in London on Tuesday morning, marking a dramatic end to an international manhunt for the suspect.

Zulma Guzman Castro, 54, was pulled from the water near Battersea Bridge shortly after 7 a.m. local time by the Metropolitan Police's Marine Policing Unit. Authorities responded to reports of a woman in distress on the bridge around 6:45 a.m. She was taken to a hospital, where her injuries were assessed as not life-threatening or life-changing, according to a police spokesperson. Colombian officials confirmed Castro's identity and stated she is receiving treatment in London. Under British law, formal arrest proceedings must wait until she is discharged from medical care.

Castro faces allegations of murdering 14-year-old Ines de Bedout and 13-year-old Emilia Forero in Bogota in April. The girls died four days after consuming chocolate-covered raspberries laced with thallium, a colorless, odorless and highly toxic heavy metal that can be lethal in small doses. The fruit was delivered via courier to an apartment where the girls were spending time after school on April 3....