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Report: Joran van der Sloot Stabbed 3 Fellow Inmates
By David Lohr - AOL NewsMurder suspect Joran van der Sloot has stabbed at least three other inmates during his incarceration at a Peruvian prison, a magazine reports. The Peruvian magazine Panorama alleges that van der Sloot stabbed three prisoners, with at least one victim needing emergency medical care. The magazine also reports that the Dutchman is a heavy drug user who has "been put into solitary confinement several times but comes out even more angry," a source told Panorama. Karel Navarro, AP Dutch citizen Joran van der Sloot is escorted by police officers outside a Peruvian police ...
Peru Police: Van der Sloot Lying About Laptop
By not in system - AOL NewsLIMA, Peru - A study of Joran van der Sloot's laptop shows he is lying when he says he killed a young Peruvian woman in a fit of rage because she discovered his connection to Natalee Holloway's disappearance while using it, a senior Peruvian police official said Friday. Stephany Flores did not view any such information on the laptop after accompanying Van der Sloot to the Lima hotel room where she was killed on May 30, the technology chief of Peru's police, Col. Oscar Gonzales, told The Associated Press. Karel Navarro, AP Lawyers for Dutch citizen Joran van der Sloot, shown here ...
Report: Data on van der Sloot's Computer 'of Interest' to FBI
By David Lohr - AOL NewsPeruvian authorities say they provided the FBI with a copy of a laptop hard drive belonging to Joran van der Sloot, the imprisoned Dutch native charged with killing a Peruvian woman and extorting money from the mother of missing U.S. teen Natalee Holloway. FBI agents met Monday with agents from the Peruvian National Police High Technology Crime Division, according to Lima newspaper El Comercio. The agents were provided with a copy of the entire contents of the computer hard drive that was found in van der Sloot's possession at the time of his arrest. The FBI is reportedly searching for ...
FBI Searching for New Clues in Natalee Holloway Case
By David Lohr - AOL NewsThe FBI is reportedly traveling to Peru to examine a laptop belonging to Joran van der Sloot, the imprisoned Dutch native charged with killing a Peruvian woman and extorting money from the mother of missing U.S. teen Natalee Holloway. According to CNN's "In Session," court documents issued in Lima indicate that FBI agents will be meeting Monday afternoon with agents from the Peruvian National Police High Technology Crime Division. The agents will be examining a laptop that was found in van der Sloot's possession at the time of his arrest. The FBI is reportedly searching for information on ...
Report: Van der Sloot Offers to Plead Guilty for Lesser Sentence
By David Lohr - AOL NewsJoran van der Sloot, the Dutchman long suspected in the disappearance of U.S. teen Natalee Holloway, is offering to plead guilty in the slaying of a Peruvian woman in exchange for a reduced sentence, according to The Associated Press. Van der Sloot's attorney, Maximo Altez, said his client is willing to plead guilty to the May 30 killing of Stephany Flores, but will plead "violent emotion," the AP reported. Karel Navarro, AP Dutch citizen Joran van der Sloot is escorted by police officers outside a Peruvian police station, near the border with Chile in Tacna, Peru, ...
French Sailor Starts Solo Trip Across Pacific [VIDEO]
By not in system - AOL NewsAnne Quemere, a French sailor, embarked on her solo voyage in a kite boat from Peru's Pacific coast to Tahiti on Wednesday. The 44-year-old is attempting to sail from Peru to Tahiti in just over two months, depending on the winds. ...
Prosecutors Want van der Sloot Locked Away Until 2040
By David Lohr - AOL NewsPeruvian prosecutors plan to seek a 30-year prison sentence for Joran van der Sloot in the slaying of a young woman in Lima, a lawyer for van der Sloot told a Dutch paper. Van der Sloot, a longtime suspect in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway, is also charged in the United States with extorting money from the Alabama teen's mother. Lawyer Maximo Altez told de Telegraaf newspaper that Peruvian authorities have completed their investigation into the May 30 slaying of Stephany Flores. The 21-year-old Peruvian business student was found dead in van der Sloot's hotel room. Van der Sloot, a ...
Report: Van der Sloot Denied Permission for Media Interview
By David Lohr - AOL NewsJoran van der Sloot, the imprisoned Dutch native charged with killing a Peruvian woman and extorting money from the mother of missing U.S. teen Natalee Holloway, reportedly has been denied permission to be interviewed by a Dutch radio network. According to Radio Netherlands Worldwide, van der Sloot's attorney, Maximo Altez, is protesting the ruling, which was handed down by Peruvian prison officials. Altez reportedly said that Peru is reluctant to grant the interview because of upcoming general elections. Karel Navarro, AP Peruvian prison officials have decided Joran van der Sloot ...
New Photos Show Endangered Amazon Indian Tribe
By not in system - AOL NewsNew photos show members of an uncontacted Amazon Indian tribe whose way of life is under siege by illegal logging, a rights group says. The pictures show a group of loincloth-wearing adults and children, carrying bows and arrows and wooden spears, living in Brazil, near the Peruvian border. Some of the tribesmen are painted with red and black vegetable dye. They point curiously as an airplane flies overhead. The photos were taken during a flyover of the area by Brazil's Indian Affairs Department, which allowed the tribal rights group Survival International to publish them. The images will be ...
Peruvian Court: No More Prison for Lori Berenson
By not in system - AOL NewsLIMA, Peru -- A Peruvian appeals court rejected a prosecutor's attempt to revoke the parole of U.S. activist Lori Berenson, who was released in May after serving 15 years for aiding leftist rebels. Berenson and her attorney told The Associated Press on Monday that the ruling is final and cannot be appealed by prosecutors, ending eight months of excruciating legal purgatory. "I'm pleased with the decision and grateful for it," Berenson said by telephone, adding that she was "greatly relieved." "The only thing that she can do now, with tranquility, is to plan her life," said Anibal Apari, her ...
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