A man held on the Caribbean island for 2021, the famous crime correspondent, Peter R. De Fais

Dutch prosecutors said that the Monday authorities on the Corpochinian island of Korako had detained a man “played a leading role” in prominent killing. Crime correspondent Peter RD Faris Four years ago.

De Fais was He was released in broad daylight On crowded Amsterdam Street in July 2021, which sparked the flow of sadness and anxiety over the effect of organized crime in the Netherlands.

The Dutch public prosecutor said: “The 39 -year -old was held on Monday in Wilimstad on Korakao,” the Dutch public prosecutor said.

“The man is suspected of playing a leading role in a criminal organization aimed at committing violence, which was behind the killing of De Fais, among other things,” prosecutors said in a statement.

A Dutch court last year issued a prolonged prison sentence to Three of the main suspects In the murder, he issued the sentence of the result to 30 years, while two other men received 28 years. Three other men have received a penalty ranging from 10 to 14 years in order to collude in killing.

The most recent suspect, born in Korakao but had a Dutch nationality, is behind the island’s bars since 2014.

“The investigators continued to investigate them in those who ordered the strike on De Faris,” the prosecution service said.

“The man emerged as a suspect while investigating the higher levels of the criminal organization,” she said.

Prosecutors added that the man will be transferred to the Netherlands soon, where he will appear before the judge.

De Fais, from It is said If the phrase “On Bended Knee is not a way to be free” on his calf, he made his name as a criminal journalist who has been informed and wrote a selling book on kidnapping the beer Freddy Heinkin in 1983. Later on his career, he carried a tireless campaign to solve cold cases.

De Fais also Amy won In 2008 Coverage It is the disappearance of Alabama, teenage, Natalie Holwai, in Aruba.

Then the famous journalist moved to the TV, where he managed his crime program entitled “Peter R

Public prosecutors believe that the strike is linked to the role of De Fais as a consultant to a witness against the drug king Redwan Taji.

But the court’s ruling last year ruled that since Taji was not part of the trial, a specific link between that case, known as Maringo, and the trial of De de Fis, cannot be created.

However, De Fais revealed in 2019 that the authorities informed him that he was on a beating list by Taji, who in February last year on a life sentence of a series of murders committed by his gang.

during 2022 trial For two suspects, TV photos showed the nearby circle that is being filmed. The court watched the photos at a distance from De Fais crossing the street, a character who was walking behind him, then the moment the journalist was shot and fell to the ground. De Fis Kelly’s daughter asked to leave the courtroom where the footage was shown.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.