(CNN) Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Monday that an American staffer from the US Mission in Colombia is missing and presumed dead after a boating accident over the weekend. "To my entire State Department team, Susan and I are with you in your grief," Pompeo said. The top US diplomat, speaking alongside the Colombian president in Bogota, said the boating accident occurred on Saturday and that other government personnel had been involved. The missing worker's next of kin had been notified, Pompeo said, but they were withholding the individual's name for privacy considerations. "We appreciate the Colombian Government's continued search-and-rescue operation in search of the missing American employee," they said.

Source: CNN January 20, 2020 15:47 UTC