At least five people were poisoned, of which three have died, after eating a fatal lunch in Cotui. The group was comprised of laborers working at a Cotui farm in El Hato. The deceased were identified as Tomas Rojas, 34, Crucito Baez Nolasco, 56, and Jose Eduvirgen de la Cruz, 58. Two of the men died after reaching the Jose Maria Cabral y Baez Hospital in Santiago, while the two survivors were in delicate physical condition. Victoriano Hernandez, an intern at the Cabral y Baez facility, told El Caribe that the farmers had used a container that had previously contained a toxic chemical in which to prepare their meal.