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Kalistani Foreign Minister Suarez Dead at age 37
Drug Overdose suspected
Kaliburg, Ananto
March 13, 3931


The Late Foreign Minister Milena Suarez, last month in Kaliburg

Reports at this time are incomplete, but the Beacon has received news that the Foreign Minister of Kalistan, Milena Suarez, was found unconscious in her apartment last night.  Suarez was rushed to Anant Memorial Hospital in downtown Kaliburg, where doctors attempted heroic measures to save her life.  Suarez was revived for about a half hour last night, and was communicative, but then suffered a massive seizure which was caused by a stroke.  Doctors put Suarez in a medically induced coma, in order to perform emergency surgery, but the procedure could not save Suarez.  The time of Suarez' death was officially listed as 07:38 this morning.

Toxicology reports will not be available for more than a week.  These reports are expected to confirm what Suarez herself said-  Apparently, she had consumed uneven and multiplicative doses of cocaine, heroin, and a designer synthetic known as Hydrodioxymethonol (HDM), a strong alcohol said to produce euphoria and hallucinations.  All chemicals were consumed at a Party Suarez was hosting for approximately 35 guests.  Police interviews of the guests at the Party suggested that Suarez may have consumed other chemicals as well, but types and amounts are unknown at this time.  Suarez was a well-known consumer of domestic chemicals, and was known to have a high tolerance for even strong drugs, which is why police have ruled out foul-play in the matter.  Spokesperson for the Capital Police said, in a statement, "It is too early to speculate with regard to the death of the Foreign Minister.  But evidence we have strongly suggests an accidental overdose on the part of the Minister.  Our witness interviews make it clear that this was a private Party, and all guests were well known to the Minister herself.  We have no evidence of anything unusual at this Party."

The Minister was somewhat of a controversial figure, who has often straddled the line between the Militancy expressed in the Embargo and the Isolationist thread of Kalistani Politics.  After attending University and obtaining a degree in Chemistry, she enlisted with the Socialist Party's Militia, and was one of the troops deployed to Trigunia several years ago.  She in turn trained Trigunian forces in Kalistan, while serving as Deputy Foreign Minister, and then became Foreign Minister following the Death of Eduardo Gallegos.  Suarez then shepherded Kalistan through the Embargo, and was recently on the record expressing Kalistan's displeasure with the anti-LGBT laws in Trigunia.  Suarez is survived by her father and mother, who currently reside in Vrassa, and her younger half-sister, Joanna Fredrikssen, who is a Lance Corporal in the RSMoK.  Suarez was unmarried.

Memorial Services for the Minister will be held at SPoK Headquarters in Kaliburg in two days, following the completion of the autopsy and toxicology tests.