Venezuelan deputy chief of mission to Kenya found dead

Venezuelan deputy chief of mission to Kenya, Olga Fonseca, 57, was found dead on Friday at her residence in north Nairobi, sources of the Venezuelan embassy confirmed.

The "diplomat was strangled until death this morning and the body still lies there, inside the house, whereas the circumstances that led to her death are investigated," police chief at the Kenyan capital city, Anthony Kibuchi, told Efe, as quoted by the local press.

Four servants were detained and driven to the police station of Gigiri, north Nairobi, where the Venezuelan embassy is located, to help in the enquiry, Kibuchi noted. He added that a necropsy would be performed. Fonseca was chargé d'affaires.

"They are investigating and, in principle, it seems that (Fonseca) was murdered; her feet and neck were tied with wires," related the assistant administrative officer at the Venezuelan mission, José Miguel Reyes.