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ST. EUSTATIUS --Joran van der Sloot, the prime suspect in the Police Station 182333 2005 disappearance of US teen Natalee Holloway in Aruba, Emergency 111 Hot Line 108 is dismissing an account recently brought up by a self-pro- Fire Department 120 claimed witness. Hospital 182211/182371 “Joran knows him,” Van der Sloot’s lawyer in Perú, Maximo Landsradio 182210 Post Office 182207 Altez, told Latino (FNL). “Joran tells me this man St. Eustatius Historical is someone who sold drugs in Aruba to all of his friends.” Foundation Museum 182288 Altez said Van der Sloot urges Natalee Holloway’s parents Winair Office 182362 Lions Club meets every 1st and 3rd to disregard De Jong’s account. “He is playing with their Wednesday at the “Den” next to the pain,” he said. “Joran is not worried [by de Jong’s story – Airport Ed.], he advises them to look into his background.” Drug Prevention Foundation Cu12b296 meets every Tuesday 5:30pm at the De Jong told Inside Edition the teen, whose body Golden Era Hotel. was never found, is buried beneath a crawl space at the Mar- Coastguard NA&A 113 riott Hotel in Aruba. Four of the seven students of the HAVO III class of Gwendoline van Putten School trav- St. Eustatius National parks: elled to San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Thursday, with their mentor/Spanish teacher Vanessa St. Gallows Bay: 318 2884 “I saw Natalee Holloway on the last night she was alive. I Rose-Bennett. Their focus is on History and Spanish assignments. St. Rose-Bennett said the SABA was the eyewitness,” said De Jong, a Dutch citizen residing Police Station trip promised to be “a fun learning experience.” The travelling team thanked everyone who The Bottom, tel. 4163237 on the island. contributed and supported them to make the trip possible. From left: Lenaria Brown, Saskia Emergency 111/112 “I saw that Joran was chasing Natalee into a small building Brown, Rafiq Simmons, Z’Dijah Romney and St. Rose -Bennett just before they boarded the Hospital under construction. In about five minutes he came out with The Bottom, tel. 4163288/4163289 Windward Islands Airways International Winair flight. Fire Department Airport Natalee in his arms, and slammed the body of Natalee on Flat Point tel. 4162210 the floor, and then he made an opening in a crawl space – I SATEL knew she was dead.” The Bottom, tel. 4163211 WINAIR, Airport De Jong said at that time he regularly visited that construc- Flat Point, tel. 4162255/2713 tion site, a Marriott Hotel near the Holiday Inn where Hol- Taxi Service Airport Flat Point, tel. 160 loway was staying with her classmates for a graduation trip. Administration Building He admitted he was involved in illegal activities, which is The Bottom, tel. why he did not come forward right away. 4163311/4163312/4163313 Tourist Office “I was between a rock and a hard place,” De Jong told In- Windwardside, tel. 4162231 side Edition. “I saw a crime passing before my eyes but I also Harbour Office was at that moment busy with illegal activities, so I didn’t Fort Bay, tel. 4163294 Saba Marine Park know what to do.” Fort Bay, tel. 4163295 Van der Sloot said through his lawyer he is not concerned Nature & Hike Guide by the new development. “Joran says everything that man James Johnson The Bottom, tel. 4163307 says is a lie,” Altez told FNL. “This is nothing new, and all Service Club this man wants is money.” Saba Lions Club general meeting Van der Sloot told his lawyer De Jong was a well-known every 1st and 3rd Tuesday 8:00 p.m. at Eugenius A. Johnson Center. provider of marijuana and cocaine on that part of the island. Coastguard NA&A 113 “He sold drugs to Joran and all his friends,” Altez said. Red Cross General meeting every last Monday, Back in 2005, Altez said, De Jong came to his client and 6 p.m, Eugenius A. Johnson Center. told him he had seen him bury Natalie. He threatened to go ANGUILLA to police unless Van der Sloot gave him money. EMERGENCY “Joran always laughed at him,” the lawyer said. “Joran nev- Police 911 er gave him anything; he always took it as a joke.” Fire 911 Ambulance 911 Last week Natalee’s father, Dave Holloway, travelled to Police Station 497 2333 Aruba with a private investigator and a cadaver dog to fol- Hospital 497 2551 low the new lead, but he was not allowed near the site be- Dental clinic 497 2343 Radio Anguilla 497 2218 cause he lacked the paperwork. Tourism Department 497 2759 “We were unable to search the entire area,” he told Fox Crimestoppers 0800 7777777 News’s Gretchen Carlson. “It was all restricted...” AIRLINES American Eagle 497 3501 Van der Sloot was arrested twice for Holloway’s Winair 497 2748 but never charged. Liat 497 5000 Aruba’s prosecutor Eric Olthof told Inside Edition his of- Air Anguilla 497 2643 Trans Anguilla 497 8690 fice is investigating De Jong’s claims. COURIER SERVICE Van der Sloot, who was 17 when Holloway disappeared, DHL 497 3400 is serving a 28-year sentence in for the 2010 murder Federal Express 497 2719 of Stephany Flores in a hotel room. He is eligible for UPS 497 2239 SERVICE CLUBS in 2019. Rotary Club of Anguilla Once his sentence ends, he is to be extradited to the United Meets at Da Vida every States to face trial on charges he extorted and defrauded Thursday at 6.oo p.m. Holloway’s mother shortly before travelling to Peru in 2010. Soroptimist International He allegedly took US $25,000 from the mother, promising Day Care Centre to lead her to Holloway’s body. 4.30 p.m. 2nd Tuesday in each month Tel: 497 3509 Lions Club meets every 1st and 3rd Tuesday at 5.30 p.m. at the Arts and Crafts Center. Tel: 264 235 1280 Interact Club of Anguilla Meets every Friday at 3.15 p.m. WILLEMSTAD--Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Bert at theAlbena Lake Hodge Comprehensive School Koenders has to redo his homework, said the Foundation Toastmaster Club Clean Environment in Curaçao SMOC. meets every 2nd and 4th Saturday According to the foundation Koenders exaggerated the at 6.45 p.m. at La Vue, economic impact the Isla oil refinery has on the economy South Hill of the island. The minister stated in his report that 10 per cent of what all Curaçao residents receive as income orig- inates from the activities of the refinery leased by “Petro- Subscribe to leos de Venezuela.” SMOC referred Koenders to two reports from govern- ment and the Central Bank indicating that the figure is only five per cent. The foundation added that the Dutch PHONE 5425253 minister had thus wrongly informed his Parliament.