AP sources: FBI paid Van der Sloot $25,000 in sting operation

Published June 9, 2010 at 6:02 p.m.
WASHINGTON (AP)—U.S. authorities paid Joran van der Sloot at least $15,000 in a sting operation and delayed arresting him because they were trying to help build a murder case against him in the 5-year-old slaying of Natalee Holloway in Aruba, two federal law enforcement officials said today. During that delay, Van der Sloot arrived in Lima, Peru, on May 14, and authorities say he has confessed to last week’s killing of a 21-year-old woman in his hotel room there.


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