Pablo Neruda

Symptoms of victim: symptoms associated with prostate cancer, paralysis       

Date of poisoning:23/09/1973   

Location of poisoning:Santiago, Chile

Name of poison used: Clostridium botulinum bacteria

Form in which poison was consumed: Injected into stomach at clinic where hospitalised

Treatment facilities and provider: Santiago Hospital

Treatment used:

Outcome: Death

Occupation of victim: Chilean Nobel Prize winner and poet, opposing the Chilean military

Motive for poisoning: Chilean government

First response diagnosis:

Possible perpetrators: unknown