The Daily Mail reported Zulma Guzman Castro appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court to fight extradition.

Wanted on suspicion of murder, in the Daily Mail, is not a finding. A week that was still on the calendar in a story updated at 10:05 a.m. Eastern, and a session Focus Noticias said was suspended that afternoon, are not the same status. The two teenage girls who died are not named in this story.

The Daily Mail, in a story by Tom Lawrence published at 09:55 EDT on 2 November 2026 and updated at 10:05 EDT, reported Zulma Guzman Castro, 54, appeared in court as Colombia seeks her extradition. It reported the hearing at Westminster Magistrates' Court was the start of a week-long extradition case, and that South American correspondents were there. It quoted District Judge John Zani: "Tomorrow both psychiatrists will give evidence and an officer from the NCA (National Crime Agency) will address the court." It reported she is represented by Joel Smith, KC, and that she is wanted by Bogota on suspicion of murder and attempted murder. It quoted prosecutor Rosemary Davidson: "Extradition is requested by the Colombian government on charges of murder and attempted murder," and, "It is an accusation case where extradition is sought for the purpose of a criminal prosecution." Focus Noticias, in a story dated 2 November 2026 and reported from courtroom one, spelled her Zulma Guzmán Castro and reported the first day of the extradition hearing ended suspended on Monday. It reported the judge stopped the hearing around 3 p.m. London time and said he would announce Tuesday morning how the case would proceed. It did not print a decision sending her to Colombia, and it reported the week's hearings had not been cancelled outright. Guzman, in the Daily Mail, and Guzmán, in Focus Noticias, are not the same spelling. A judge's statement, in a Daily Mail story updated at 10:05 a.m. Eastern, that psychiatrists and an NCA officer would testify the next day, and a suspension Focus Noticias put at about 3 p.m. in London, are not the same account of the afternoon. 10:05 a.m. Eastern is 2:05 p.m. in London. Three p.m. in London is later than that update. Focus Noticias did not print the name John Zani. The Daily Mail did not print the suspension.

Focus Noticias reported the hearing had been listed for 10 a.m. London time and that the morning session was cancelled because Guzmán was still being brought from the prison. It reported she is held at HMP Bronzefield, in Surrey, outside London, and that she arrived at the courthouse around noon, about two hours late, after traffic slowed the trip. It reported she met her lawyers, that the court broke from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m., and that she came into courtroom one around 2:10 p.m. with prison staff and gave her name when the judge asked. It reported the defense then told the court she had been notified that same Monday of a charging hearing in Colombia set for 9 November, and that counsel said she needed time to find a Colombian lawyer and prepare while the London hearing was underway. It reported the judge said he did not understand why that notice arrived on the day she was moved to Westminster, and that he suspended the session to decide how to proceed. It reported the announced charges for the 9 November hearing are homicidio agravado and homicidio agravado en grado de tentativa, over raspberries contaminated with thallium. Those Spanish charge names are not the Daily Mail's English words, murder and attempted murder. It reported her London lawyers include Katy Smart, Enrico Braguglia, and James Stansfeld. The Daily Mail reported she is represented by Joel Smith, KC. Those are not the same list of names. The Daily Mail did not print HMP Bronzefield, the noon arrival, or 9 November. Focus Noticias reported that on Monday she had short blonde hair and wore a white dress and a black blazer. That description is the afternoon appearance. It is not a finding.

The Daily Mail reported the two teenagers died days after eating chocolate-covered raspberries laced with thallium in April last year, and, citing Colombian media, that they died four days later. Days after, and four days later, are both in that story. They are not the same interval. The paper named the girls and printed ages. This story does not. It reported a 21-year-old brother of one of them, and another teenage girl, also ate the berries and were taken to hospital. It did not print the brother's name. It did not print the other girl's name. This story does not add either. It reported the girls had been at an apartment in Bogota after school with an older brother and another friend. It reported she allegedly killed them as an "act of vengeance" after what the paper called a secret affair with the father of one of the girls. It printed his name. This story does not. Focus Noticias reported the raspberries, covered in chocolate, arrived at a Bogota home in April 2025, that the thallium-contaminated food is linked to the deaths of two teenage girls, and that two other people who ate the fruit survived. April last year, in a Daily Mail story dated 2 November 2026, and April 2025, in Focus Noticias, are the same month only because last year from that date is 2025. Died days after eating, in the Daily Mail, and linked to the deaths, in Focus Noticias, are not the same causal sentence. Taken to hospital, in the Daily Mail, and survived, in Focus Noticias, are not the same medical outcome. Focus Noticias named the girls and printed ages. This story does not. It reported prosecutors point to her as the person who allegedly coordinated the delivery, and that she has denied involvement, including in an interview with Focus Noticias while she was abroad. A denial is her account. It is not a verdict.

The Daily Mail reported she was rescued from the River Thames near Battersea Bridge on December 16 of last year, after she had been named in her homeland as the alleged killer of the two girls. It reported an Interpol Red Notice was issued in December, after she went on the run. The rescue date and the notice are both December in that story. The story does not say which came first. It reported she was found in Britain after she was seen drinking Buxton water in an interview with the Colombian channel Focus Noticias. It reported police found her in the Thames, that her injuries were not life-threatening, that she was taken to hospital and then to a psychiatric unit, and that officers from the National Crime Agency's National Extradition Unit arrested her on January 6. A psychiatric unit, in the Daily Mail, and HMP Bronzefield, in Focus Noticias, are not the same place name. It reported she appeared on Shark Tank, which it called the Colombian version of Dragons' Den. A photo caption on the page says she founded an electric car rental company named Car B. The body says she previously ran a car rental company, CarB. Founded and ran are not the same verb. Car B and CarB are not the same spelling. Electric is in the caption and not in that body sentence. Monday's hearing was the extradition request. It was not a trial of the deaths. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.