Mystery of Brit millionaire’s kidnap – pretend bomb vest and glam girlfriend

The British millionaire who was kidnapped in Ecuador is seen in images from a romantic vacation along with his girlfriend at Lake Como final yr.

The photos present the couple having fun with their time on the luxurious Villa d’Este, earlier than the stunning kidnap incident the place former honorary British Consul Colin Armstrong was taken by males dressed as cops. The businessman, as soon as referred to as ‘Our Man in Guayaquil’, was kidnapped final Saturday together with Ms Santos, a Colombian mannequin and pole dancer.

Cops has since revealed that the bomb vest she was made to put on by the crooks was pretend. While the 78-year-old has now been launched safely, Ms Santos is claimed to have been quizzed by police about her alleged involvement within the millionaire’s kidnapping, the Mirror reviews.

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Hours after the incident, Ms Santos turned up at a gated property – thought to belong to Mr Armstrong’s son Nick – carrying what she claimed was a bomb vest that might explode if a ransom wasn’t paid for Mr Armstrong.

Three days after Ms Santos’ launch, Mr Armstrong was discovered by police wandering alongside a essential street within the coastal province of Manabi, about 150 miles southwest of Quito. Despite the Policia Nacional del Ecuador making 9 arrests and seizing a big stash of weapons, grenades, detonators and medicines, there are nonetheless unanswered questions for the investigators, together with whether or not Mr Armstrong’s kidnappers had inside assist.

Questions have been raised over Ms Santos who has been seen with Mr Armstrong not too long ago. Just 18 months in the past, Mr Armstrong was publicly praising his spouse Cecilia, whom he married 49 years in the past, at an enormous occasion. With an ex-local MP pointing the finger at Santos for the crime, she’s reportedly been questioned by the police about her supposed function within the kidnapping plot.

Mr Armstrong, a father of three, is reported to be “safe and healthy.” The police launched a photograph of him, grinning in a police-issue baseball cap and long-sleeved T-shirt regardless of his harrowing ordeal.

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