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FBI Sting Backfired in Peru Murder | Birmingham News
Veteran journalist and lawyer Greta Van Susteren exposes a catastrophic FBI sting gone wrong—how a 2010 operation meant to catch Joran van der Sloot in the Natalee Holloway case instead handed him cash, let him escape, and set the stage for his murder of another young woman in Peru just two weeks later. Van der Sloot, now 38, confessed to Holloway’s killing and was sentenced to 20 years for extortion—but that’s on top of his 28-year Peru sentence for murdering Stephany Flores Ramirez, exactly five years after Holloway vanished. The sting paid him $25K in cash and $15K via wire, and despite…
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