Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Bolivian police arrest man after issuing e-fit

Bolivian authorities released this crudely-drawn e-fit of the man believed to have taken part in the murder of a taxi driver in March.

The driver, named by earnest Bolivian newsreaders as Rafael Vargas, was set upon by several people in what police said could be a drugs-related murder - or a crime of passion.



His brother said that a man had come to the family house several months earlier and accused Rafael of having an affair with his wife.

'You're going to die and you don't know how,' the man allegedly told Rafael. His body was found in March. He had been stabbed eleven times and then his body had been burnt.

Update: The suspect is revealed here.


The e-fit was drawn by a woman who lived in the area where Rafael's body was found. She claimed the drawing showed the man who killed the taxi driver and then set his body on fire.

But police efforts may have paid off. They have made at least one arrest in the case, catching a suspect who was then paraded before the cameras - although he cannot be identified'.

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