Man was detained on Caribbean Island in 2021 and murdered famous crime journalist Peter R. de Fries

Dutch prosecutors say authorities on the Caribbean island of Kuraco on Monday detained a man who “played a leadership role in high-profile murder” Crime Reporter Peter R. De Fries Four years ago.

de vries is Shooting in spacious daytime In July 2021, on the busy streets of Amsterdam, there was shock and concern over the impact of organized crime in the Netherlands.

“The 39-year-old man was detained on Monday in Willemstad, Curacao,” the Dutch prosecutor said.

“The man is suspected of playing a leadership role in a criminal organization designed to commit violence, and this is behind the murder of de Vries,” the prosecutor said in a statement.

Last year, Dutch court sentenced lengthy prison sentences to Three main suspects In the murder case, the sentence was 30 years, while the other two men received 28 years. Three other men were sentenced to 10 to 14 years for their accomplices in the murder case.

The latest suspect, born in Curaçao, has Dutch nationality and has been imprisoned on the island since 2014.

“Detectives continue to investigate those who ordered a strike against DeFries,” the prosecutor’s bureau said.

“The man became a suspect in investigating the higher echelons of the criminal organization,” it said.

The prosecutor added that the man will be transferred to the Netherlands soon and he will appear in court before a judge.

De Vries reportedly has the sentence “There is no way to bend the knee”. Later in his career, he ran relentlessly to resolve cold cases.

De Vries also won the Emmy Award in 2008 Coverage Natale Holloway, Alabama, disappears in Aruba.

Then, the celebrity journalist moved into the TV, where he launched his own crime plan “Peter R. de Vries, Crime Journalist.”

Prosecutors believe the blow is related to De Vries’ role as an adviser to the drug kingpin Ridouan Taghi.

However, last year’s judgment court ruled that since Taghi was not part of the trial, it was impossible to establish a clear link between the case (called Marengo) and the De Vries murder trial.

However, De Vries revealed in 2019 that authorities told him he was drawing a popular list of Taghi, who was sentenced to life imprisonment last February for a series of murders committed by his gang.

exist 2022 Trial For both suspects, the TV image of the TV turned off showed the shooting that was shot. The court saw images of the distance De Vries crossed the road, a figure running behind him, and then the moment the reporter was shot and landed on the ground. De Vries’ daughter Kelly asked to leave the court when the video was shown.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.