Colombian coroner says Odebrecht whistleblower died of heart attack


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  • Saturday, 17 Nov 2018

FILE PHOTO: The corporate logo of Odebrecht is seen inside of one of its offices in Mexico City, Mexico May 4, 2017. Picture taken on May 4, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso/File Photo

BOGOTA (Reuters) - A Colombian investigation into the death of Jorge Enrique Pizano, a key witness at the centre of a corruption probe involving Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht [ODBES.UL], found that he died of a heart attack, the chief coroner said on Friday.

The attorney general's office on Tuesday had ordered a probe into Pizano's Nov. 9 death on fears of foul play after his son, Alejandro Pizano Ponce de Leon, died from cyanide poisoning two days later.

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