Dorset<\/a>, reportedly phoned the Sun a day before his arrest and said he had been watching an England World Cup match on television at the time of the incident.<\/p>\n\u201cI was watching England versus Croatia on a big screen in an Irish bar so it wasn\u2019t me,\u201d the 46-year-old told the newspaper. \u201cAfter the match I went in to the shopping centre, I mooched about, bought an ice-cream, and came back later for the later games.\u201d<\/p>\n
England\u2019s opening World Cup match took place in Dallas, Texas on 17 June.<\/p>\n
The Sun reported that the suspect made a second call to the newspaper on Friday prior to his arrest, with a source telling the newspaper he had been located via the phone calls he had made.<\/p>\n
A post on the official X account of the attorney general\u2019s office in Colombia said Foster-Smith was accused of beating Villalba to death before placing her body in a suitcase, trying to conceal what happened, and fleeing the scene.<\/p>\nThe body of Natalia Villalba, 36, was found in a suitcase in an apartment in Bogot\u00e1.<\/span> Photograph: Twitter\/X<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nDorset police are said to have been among the authorities that assisted with locating him before he was held at Quito international airport in Ecuador\u2019s capital. An arrest warrant had been obtained by prosecutors in Colombia and an Interpol red notice issued, local authorities said.<\/p>\n
Carlos Fernando Gal\u00e1n, Bogot\u00e1\u2019s mayor, said Dorset police had assisted with the operation. \u201cThis painful case will not go unpunished,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
A spokesperson for the UK\u2019s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office said: \u201cWe are supporting a British man who has been detained in Ecuador and are in touch with the local authorities.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dorset police were approached for comment on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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