Dutch prosecutors said that Monday authorities on Caribbean Island de Curaçao have detained a man « who played a lead role » in high -level murder Crime Reporter Peter R. de Vries Four years ago.
Of Vries was Caught in wide day light In Amsterdam Street, in July 2021, it caused a quenching and concern for the influence of organized crime in the Netherlands.
« The 39 -year -old man was detained in Willemstad on Monday at Curaçao, » said Dutch Prosecutor’s Office.
« The man is suspected of playing a leading role in a criminal organization that aimed to commit violence and behind Vries’s murder, among other things, » the prosecutors said in a statement.
A Dutch court last year passed sentences in prison Three of the main suspects In the murder, sentenced the success organizer to 30 years, while two other men were 28 years old. Three other men received judgments between the ages of 10 and 14 for complicity in the murder.
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The last suspect, born at Curaçao, but with Dutch nationality, has been behind the grilles on the island since 2014.
« The detectives continued their investigation into those who ordered the success of Vries, » said the Prosecutor’s Office.
« The man arose as a suspect during the investigation on the higher levels of the criminal organization, » he said.
The man will be transferred to the Netherlands soon where he will appear in front of a judge, adding the prosecutors.
Of Vries, who report If the phrase « about the bent knee is no way to be free » tattooed on his calf, he named himself as a crime journalist who reported and wrote a best -selling book on the 1983 abduction of the beer tycoon Freddy Heineken. Later on his career he campaigned tirelessly to solve cold cases.
Of Vries too won an Emmy In 2008 for his coverage From the disappearance of Alabama Natalee Holloway’s Alabama teenager in Aruba.
The famous journalist moved to television, where he directed his own crime program called « Peter R. de Vries, a crime reporter ».
Prosecutors believed that success was related to Vries’s role as an advisor to a witness against Kingpin Kingpin Ridouan Taki.
But last year’s court ruled that as Taki was not part of the trial, a definite bond could not be established between this case, known as Marengo and the Vries’s assassination trial.
From Vries, however, he revealed in 2019 that authorities had informed him that he was on a successful list of Taki, who in February last year received a sentence in his life for a series of murderers committed by his gang.
During the Test 2022 For two of the suspects, nearby circuit television images showed that Vries fired. The court saw images at a distance from Vries crossing the street, a figure running behind him and the moment the journalist was fired and fell to the ground. Vries’s daughter, Kelly, asked to leave the courtroom as the footage was displayed.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
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