Body of killed Russian in Bogota to be repatriated shortly

BOGOTA, July 22 (Itar-Tass) -- The body of Russian businessman Vitaly
Shubinsky who was killed in Bogota will be repatriated shortly, the
Russian embassy in Colombia said on Thursday.
Russian media said Shubinsky, 36, resided in St. Petersburg and owned
Telemoney Company dealing with electronic payments.
He arrived in Bogota on July 10 and on July 18 was found with two
gunshots in the southern part of the Colombian capital.
"The Russian citizen was found in a serious condition under a road
bridge at the intersection of the Boyaca and the First of May Avenues,"
police said. "The victim was hospitalized, but because of the severity of
wounds died shortly afterwards."
According to preliminary version, the Russian caught a taxi not far
from a popular tourist location with a big number of restaurants and then
fell victim to the so-called "millionaire's walk." It is a type of theft
in Colombia in which criminals posing for taxi drivers take a passenger to
a desolate site where armed accomplices seize all the victim's money and
credit cards and extort the passwords.