The publication reported the ransom exchange never happened and Xiong was later found in a ravine, dead from multiple stab wounds and blunt force trauma.
American comedian who was killed in Colombia posed with bevy of beauties and joked about being kidnapped before he was lured to his death
Xiong’s brother, Eh, told The Post his brother had communicated with a mystery woman several times before they were to meet for a date.
“He had been in contact with this woman before, and she was part of the ‘new friends’ he made on his trips down there,” brother Eh Xiong, 56, said of his brother’s fatal trip.
Eh Xiong told the StarTribune his brother knew about a recent uptick in the kidnapping of tourists in Colombia, but said he never felt unsafe visiting the country.
“He was aware of it,” Eh Xiong said. “But he’s one of those people who only assumes the best in people.”
“It’s almost like a second home, he loved it there.”
Xiong said his brother, an avid traveler who often posted his adventures on his social media, loved Colombia’s “lively energy” and had several friends there.
The comedian, who was born in Laos in 1973, “shared his personal stories across the country to build cultural competency and address racial discrimination,” the Bush Foundation said when Xiong was named a 2019 fellow.
His family said they are working with Colombian law enforcement to investigate the crime and bring his body back to the US.
The comedian’s death has rocked the Woodbury, Minnesota, community where he lived.
