Hungria methanol poisoning

A famous rapper has become the latest to be poisoned in an epidemic of fake alcohol incidents that have left victims either blind or dead in Brazil.

Rapper Hungria was filmed buying drinks in the Federal District before being hospitalised in Brasilia after leaving a friend’s house on 2nd October.

Security cameras show him arriving at a distributor at about 10:50pm on Wednesday.

He gets out of his car, greets people at the door, and poses for photos.

He then goes inside and pays at the counter for several cans of energy drinks and a bottle of vodka.

Hours later, on Thursday, he was admitted to hospital with headache, nausea, vomiting, blurred vision, and metabolic acidosis.

Doctors suspect methanol poisoning and transferred him to an ICU bed for dialysis as a precaution.

His press office said he was outside imminent risk but that his shows scheduled for the weekend would be postponed.