Isivakashi sase-UK sitholakale sishonile eColombia

Osemusha waseBrithani utholwe eshonile eColombia ngemuva kokuthatha isidakamizwa esidala i-hallucinogenic emcimbini wesizwe.

UHenry Miller, 19, obezofunda enyuvesi ngoSepthemba, wayehambe eya endaweni eqhelile yehlathi lemvula ezweni elaseNingizimu Melika elase linezinkinga isikhathi eside futhi wathatha i-'Yage', eyenza imibono ecacile kanye nolwazi okuthiwa lungokomoya.

Le nsizwa yaphuza lesi sidakamizwa kabili nesizwe sendawo, yaphinde yaquleka okwesibili.

Ngemva kwamahora isidumbu sikaHenry salahlwa emgwaqeni owubhuqu onesizungu.

Isidumbu sakhe sitholakale lapho ngoLwesithathu, sase sithwetshulwa isithombe esibuhlungu kusizindalwazi sezindaba sendawo.

Amaphoyisa aseColombia manje aphenya ngokufa, kanye nabantu abanikeze uHenry iYage, okwashiwo ngomunye wendawo ukuthi babulale abantu abambalwa lapho njalo ngonyaka.

UHenry, waseBristol, wayesenezinyanga ezungeza iNingizimu Melika, kodwa usanda kufika edolobheni elicezile laseMocoa esifundeni sasePutumayo.

Cishe isonto eledlule wabhukha ehostela laseCasa del Rio lapho. Ihostela liyaqhubeka nokufaka ohlwini lokuthathwa kwe-hallucinogen eyingozi ekhasini layo lewebhu elithi 'izinto okumele uzenze', lithi: 'izwa i-Yagé, isiko lamaNdiya ethatha isitshalo sokwelapha esihlanza futhi esingakwenza ungaboni'.

Le nsizwa yaseBrithani, okuvela ukuthi ibizihambela yodwa kodwa yaba abangani ohambweni lwayo, iqale yaphuza lesi sidakamizwa ngeSonto ngaphandle kokulimala, yabe isiphinda ngoLwesibili.

U-Henry wahamba ibangana elifushane ukusuka ehostela lakhe ukuze aphuze lesi sidakamizwa ezweni le-shaman okuthiwa u-Guillemo Mavisoy Mutumbajoy wesizwe samaKamentsa, phakathi kweqembu elincane lezinye izivakashi ezivela emhlabeni wonke.

Kunombiko wendawo othi uHenry uquleke ngezithuba zabo-3:XNUMX ngoLwesithathu ekuseni, kwase kwenziwa imizamo yokumvuselela ngogcobo lwembabazane okuthiwa lwaluyikhambi likaYage.

Omunye umthombo kubikwa ukuthi utshela ingosi yezindaba yaseColombia ukuthi: 'Kufa abantu abambalwa minyaka yonke ngokuthatha i-Yage. Ngeke ngisho okuningi njengoba kunophenyo lwamaphoyisa.

'UHenry wayeyinsizwa enesizotha ebukeka njengomfundi kune-hippie. Wayengeyena uhlobo lomuntu obungalindela ukuthi athathe uYage.'

Umthombo wengeze ngokuthi uMiller, owayehamba yedwa kodwa wahlangana nabanye ohambweni lwakhe lwaseNingizimu Melika, kungenzeka ukuthi kwakukhulunywe ngaye ukuthi aphuze i-herbal cocktail eyingozi.

Uveze ukuthi uMiller wabamba iqhaza esikweni lokudla izidakamizwa kabili ngesikhathi eseMocoa, nosuku olulodwa phakathi kwezikhathi, futhi 'wayehlela ukuqhubeka nohambo lwakhe kodwa washintsha umqondo wakhe ukuthi aphinde asiphuze'.

Abaphenyi baseHhovisi Lommeli Jikelele waseColombia bakhiphe isidumbu eMocoa ukuze bathole imbangela yokufa.

Umkhulumeli wehhovisi lase-UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office uthe: "Siyazi ngokufa komuntu waseBrithani ngomhla zingama-23 kuMbasa eColombia. Sihlinzeka ngosizo lwenxusa emndenini kulesi sikhathi esinzima.'