Pablo Neruda did not die of cancer. It is the forceful conclusion of the report presented by international experts who investigate the death of the Chilean poetin which they argue that there was a large amount of botulinum bacteria in his body and that the death certificate is false.

Thanks to their conclusions, The judge has reopened the case: requests a calligraphic examination of the death certificate and investigate an army doctor who has already been convicted in 2021 for the murder of communist sympathizer Archivaldo Morales.

The investigation began in 2011, when the poet’s family filed a complaint to investigate his death. The first to point out a murder by poisoning is his driver and In 2017 the case was opened and the body was exhumed. The bacteria that caused botulism was found in the poet’s tooth and for eight years the research focused on trying to shed light on whether the botulism It was due to natural or induced causes.

In September of last year, The judge closed the summarybut this past Wednesday experts confirmed that the bacteria was in his body at the time of death, which the family interprets as irrefutable proof that he was poisoned in the clinic where he was admitted for the prostate cancer he suffered from.

The poet He died just 12 days after the military coup of Pinochet and one day before going into exile to Mexico. If the poisoning thesis is confirmed, this new research could change history.