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Globe and Mail - Canada
13 April 2006
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Caracas — A Caracas police officer has been arrested in connection with the slayings of three Venezuelan-Canadian brothers, Marcos Chavez, chief of the Venezuelan judicial police, said Thursday.
The arrested metropolitan police officer was identified as Javier Rafael Pineda Chirinos.
Assailants apparently kidnapped the three Faddoul brothers: John, 17; Kevin, 13; Jason, 12 and their driver at a bogus police checkpoint in late February. Witnesses saw men dressed in police uniforms stop the car and later dismantle the roadside checkpoint after the victims disappeared.
The victims' bodies were discovered last week shot in the neck and head.
Mr. Chavez said investigators are looking for another suspect, also a metropolitan police officer. Venezuela's Bolivarian News Agency said Wednesday 12 people have been detained in connection with the case.
Venezuelan authorities have also detained a former police officer they said is the prime suspect in the killing of a newspaper photographer gunned down on his way to cover an anti-crime demonstration sparked by the deaths of the Faddouls, Venezuela's Attorney-General said Thursday.
Boris Lenis Blanco, 33, dismissed last October from a Caracas police force for “lack of integrity,” was captured in a raid late Wednesday and is suspected of shooting and killing Jorge Aguirre, Attorney-General Isaias Rodriguez told a news conference.
Mr. Aguirre, a photojournalist for the Caracas newspaper El Mundo, was shot last week by an assailant on a motorcycle wearing dark, police uniform-like clothing. Aguirre was attacked while on his way to cover the anti-crime protest at a local university.
Authorities have not identified a motive or found the murder weapon but they believe Mr. Blanco is responsible after finding ammunition during the raid that matches shells found at the crime scene, as well as bulletproof vests, firearms and police gear, Mr. Rodriguez said.
Mr. Aguirre managed to take a picture of his killer fleeing on a motorcycle. Mr. Rodriguez said investigators traced the vehicle back to a metropolitan police officer, who led them to Mr. Blanco.
Prosecutors intend to charge both men in the killing, Mr. Rodriguez said.
Meanwhile, authorities are searching for a former National Guard colonel who is the lead suspect in the murder of Italian businessman Filippo Sindoni.
The retired officer, Juan Carlos Saavedra, is suspected of shooting and killing the 74-year-old tycoon, originally from Sicily, who owned a pasta company and a regional TV station in Venezuela.
Mr. Sindoni was kidnapped March 28 by men dressed as police who stopped his car. His body was found the next day with a bullet wound in the head.
Authorities have already arrested a police officer, a former police officer and four others, including a Portuguese man and a Colombian, in connection with Mr. Sindoni's killing.
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