Arrest
Brazil footballer sought after ex-lover's disappears
A judge in Brazil has ordered the arrest of one of the country's top footballers in connection with the disappearance of his ex-mistress.
Bruno Fernandes, goalkeeper for the country's biggest club Flamengo, is being investigated after Eliza Samudio went missing nearly a month ago.
A teenage cousin of the footballer told police she had been abducted and was dead.
Ms Samudio had said that the married footballer was the father of her baby.
A judge in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday ordered that Mr Fernandes be taken into custody while police investigate the case further.
The arrest was also ordered of one of his friends, Luiz Henrique Ferreira Romao.
The warrants were issued after a 17-year-old cousin of Mr Fernandes confessed to police that he had taken part in Ms Samudio's abduction together with Mr Ferreira.
According to police, the youth told them that Ms Samudio was dead but did not say how nor where her body was.
Mr Fernandes's wife, Dayane Souza, has already been detained in connection with the case in the city of Belo Horizonte.
Mr Fernandes told Brazilian radio on Monday he had a "clear conscience. In the future I'll be able to laugh at all this."
Flamengo, based in Rio de Janeiro, is Brazil's most popular football club.
(Published by BBC – July 7, 2010)