Colombian shaman shows no remorse in death of British teen from hallucinogenic brew
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}In this photo taken Wednesday, April 23, 2014, police officers and forensics look at the body of British citizen Henry Miller, 19, on a road outside Mocoa, in Colombia's southwestern state of Putumayo. Miller died after he drank a hallucinogen during a tribal ritual, his body left by the side of the road by two frightened young local men, said Saturday local police commander Ricardo Suarez. (AP Photo/Jose Horacio Villarreal) (The Associated Press)
A Colombian shaman is showing no remorse and taking no responsibility for the death of a British teenager who drank a hallucinogen during a tribal ritual.
Guillermo Mavisoy says it's common to become ill after consuming a drink made with yage.
But he says he's never seen anyone die during the decades he's given people the psychedelic purgative made from the plant native to the Amazon rainforest.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Mavisoy said in an interview from his southern Colombian home that "You can take the safest pill in the world and you can die."
The body of 19-year-old Henry Miller was found last week on a dirt road near Mavisoy's home after he and other foreigners attended a ceremony led by the shaman.