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WORLD NEWS Saturday 31 december 2016

Police believe Greece’s ambassa-

dor to Brazil killed near Rio

MAURICIO SAVARESE nection with her husband’s
Associated Press disappearance. Authorities
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — believe she had been hav-
Authorities believe that ing an extramarital affair
Greece’s missing ambas- with a police officer.
sador to Brazil was killed at Another police investiga-
the home that his wife kept tor, who spoke on condi-
in the Rio de Janeiro area, tion of anonymity because
a police investigator said he didn’t want to be quot-
Friday. ed giving details about the
Kyriakos Amiridis went miss- case before the news con-
ing on Monday in the city ference is held, said the
of Nova Iguacu, 25 miles ambassador and his wife
(41 kilometers) north of Rio fought three days before
de Janeiro. Greece’s Em- Christmas.
bassy in Brasilia said the A third investigator, who
ambassador had been also spoke on condition
on vacation near Rio. The of anonymity for the same
couple lived most of the reason, said that a police In this May 25, 2016 photo released by Brazil’s presidential press office, Brazil’s President Michel
time in Brasilia, the coun- officer had acknowledged Temer, left, shakes hands with Greece’s ambassador to Brazil, Kyriakos Amiridis, after the ambas-
try’s capital. participating in the ambas- sador presented his credentials in Brasilia, Brazil.
Rio de Janeiro police in- sador’s killing. Associated Press
vestigator Giniton Lages Lages said authorities be-
told The Associated Press lieve the ambassador’s became Greece’s top dip- He earlier was Greece’s and worked as consul
that blood spots believed body was taken from the lomat in Brazil in 2016. ambassador to Libya in Rio from 2001-2004.
to be those of the ambas- house to a car that he
sador were found on a sofa had rented on Dec. 21. A
inside the home of his Bra- burned vehicle matching
zilian wife, Francoise Amiri- the description of the rent-
dis. Lages named the wife, ed car was found with a
along with another woman body inside it in Nova Igua-
and two men, as suspects cu, but forensics experts
in the case. have not yet identified the
A news conference was dead person.
scheduled for later in the The Greek Embassy web-
day. The wife was being site in Brazil says Amiridis
interrogated at a police started his career as diplo-
station on Friday in con- mat in 1985 in Athens and

Medical pot dispensaries open

for 1st time in Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) Nearly 2,000 patients have
— Medical marijuana dis- registered with the island’s
pensaries have begun op- health department so far to
erating for the first time in obtain medical marijuana.
the U.S. territory of Puerto Officials say the substance
Rico. can be used in forms includ-
Gov. Alejandro Garcia ing pills, creams, patches
Padilla said Friday that and oral drops. Smoking
two dispensaries opened marijuana and cultivating it
nearly two years after his for personal use remains il-
administration adopted a legal, although Garcia has
regulation to allow for the said prosecuting marijuana
cultivation, manufacturing possession would be given
and distribution of medical the lowest priority by his ad-
marijuana. ministration.