Authorities in Mexico say allegations that two college students were drugged with fentanyl-laced drinks at a hotel are false.
The head of the State Attorney General’s Office (FGE), Raciel López Salazar, said that an investigation determined that Zara Hull and Kaylie Pitze were never injected with drugs, News from the Riviera Maya information.
Oklahoma State University students were left in wheelchairs after drinking possibly contaminated water on August 2.
Disturbing images showed them slumped over at a poolside bar moments after the alleged poisoning.
But in a statement, Salazar said the girls’ drug tests came back clean and the case has been “blown out of proportion and classified as simple alcohol use.”
Mexican authorities have said allegations that two college students were drugged with fentanyl-laced drinks at a resort are false. Pictured: The students moments after the alleged drugging
‘Here in Quintana Roo there was no drug dealing with fentanyl,’ he added.
Hull and Pitze were on a dream vacation with their boyfriends when the horror happened.
It was previously reported that they were in Cancun, but they were actually staying at a hotel in Isla Mujeres, the investigation revealed.
State Tourism Secretary Bernardo Cueto said the students and their families have not yet filed any formal complaints.
He described the situation as “a very rare case and a very strange situation that is being investigated.”
He told local media that his office has reached out to the US Consulate to contact the families, but has not yet received a response.
‘We asked the family members for more information through the consulate, but there was no response, and the family members had no interest or intention to give us more details about what happened,’ Cueto said.
Zara Hull and Kaylie Pitze fell seriously ill during their dream vacation in Mexico
‘I have to tell you bluntly that I find it very strange, a very strange situation because if someone’s health is affected in an establishment, the first thing you do is report the establishment where you were possibly or supposedly poisoned.’
Meanwhile, hotels, bars and restaurants have been put on high alert.
Hull previously described the moment she and Pitze passed out in front of her terrified boyfriend Jake.
“We both went to get water and within two minutes, Jake turned around and we both went to the bar, heads down at the same time,” she said.
Hull said she experienced seizures before passing out and becoming “basically paralyzed.”
Snider rushed her to the hospital and stayed by her side as staff reportedly demanded thousands of dollars for treatment.
“They had raised the amount they wanted. The minimum was $10,000 to be considered,” Hull said.
At first, Hull was unable to breathe on her own and was put on a ventilator.
He has since returned to the US and is undergoing physical therapy as part of his recovery.
“They had me captive. We are university students and we don’t have the money they are asking for.”
Meanwhile, she suffered seizures throughout the night and doctors intubated her.
Stephanie Snider, the mother of Hull’s boyfriend Jake, said she believes they were drugged by people who wanted to harvest or traffic their organs.
“We believe they were planning to take her for trafficking or maybe even to harvest her organs (which we were later told is a common occurrence),” Snider wrote in an emotional Facebook post.
Hull said hospital staff demanded even more money to free her and that the air ambulance to bring her back to the United States cost $26,000.
A day after drinking the suspicious drink, the group arranged to fly a private plane to Dallas.
An update on GoFundMe indicated that Hull is now “home and doing well.”
The two college students from Oklahoma were on a trip with their boyfriends.
But their vacation soon turned into a nightmare. However, officials say their investigations show the students’ drug tests came back clean.
At first she couldn’t breathe on her own and was put on a respirator.
Doctors say they have found nothing wrong with Hull, despite him experiencing at least 18 seizures.
Pitze did not end up in the hospital, but she had a difficult 24 hours after possibly being drugged.
“Zara is feeling better physically every day, although she is still a little unsteady and dizzy at times,” said Stephanie Snider, Jake’s mother.
“She feels like she needs a lot of sleep, but she still has a little trouble falling asleep. It seems like when we close our eyes at night, so many things she’s been through hit her at once.
‘Kaylie is still struggling with these things too, so prayers are still needed for these girls.
“He will continue to work on physical therapy exercises to strengthen and stabilise himself,” he added of Hull.
