GUWAHATI, Dec 5: A Mexican actress died after taking Amazonian frog venom during a ‘cleansing ritual’ at a spiritual retreat in the North American nation.
33-year-old Marcela Alcázar Rodríguez was taking part in the traditional South American Kambo ritual which involves drinking water, getting burns on the body and ingesting frog venom to cleanse the body of toxins, reports said.
She experienced severe diarrhoea after taking part in the ceremony and was rushed to a hospital but could not be saved.
A shaman at the spiritual retreat where the actress took the Amazonian frog venom later fled.
