WILLEMSTAD - Yesterday afternoon, around half past two, the fire department, with the assistance of the police and coast guard, retrieved the body of a dead man from the sea at Playa Canoa.
The man was floating face down with his hands and feet tied and his throat bound with a cable tie. He had a Louis Vuitton bag on his body and was wearing blue jeans.
The body had a brand mark on its back but was otherwise intact, indicating that it had not been in the water for too long.
The circumstances in which the man was found suggest that a crime has taken place. The identity of the victim is not yet known.