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Chapter: five What is Jossy up to now?
During the summer of 2005 it seemed that the main source of information, to come out of Aruba was from the managing editor of El Diario, Jossy Mansur. Jossy is known for his weekly editorials which are often critical of the local government. He became for Aruba what it appeared Greta van Susteren was to the United States on covering the disappearance of Natalee Holloway. Jossy and Greta seemed to be at the center of this story from its inception.
For many Jossy's almost nightly appearances on each and every news show were the opportunity for the TV viewers to learn a very critical approach to the way Aruban law enforcement seemed to be investigating this case. The mere fact that Jossy seemed rather openly suspicious of Aruban efforts, would in itself, enhance his credibility way up. The American TV networks would continue to showcase Jossy as the voice of the truth. Even today after over three years, Jossy is often featured as the true voice of Aruba regarding this case.
Oddly enough though, when you would speak to anyone in Aruba, they would often shake their head about Jossy Mansur and dismiss his words as people in the states would look at a publication such as the National Enquirer. Somewhat credible shows like Court TV's Nancy Grace, Hannity and Combes, Dan Abrams of the Abram's Report, Scarborough Country, Greta van Susteren's On the Record seemed to not see the similarity between El Diario and the National Enquirer.
It would seem the end result was a new lessor form of cable news reporting. Accusations and suspicions became the mantra for the Natalee Holloway case. Allowing night after night reports of breaking news, which there was no breaking news at all, and also night after night of accusations, rumors and slanderous allegations became the ratings war of the summer of 2005 between mainly the cable news shows. And right in the middle of so many of these shows, sometimes nightly was Jossy Mansur. He became the main source for the Holloway news.
Jossy would continue with his outspoken ways against the Aruban government and even suggest a cover up. After the mainstream media seemed to back off from covering the case, Jossy would be a frequent guest on Scared Monkey Radio. It was there that he was given free reign and would state some of his most outrageous theories. Jossy seemed to have a part in the draining of the pond, finding the gardener as a witness, the landfill witness Junior, and Carlos the Colombian witness. All these witnesses that never materialized seemed to come through Jossy Mansur' Diario doors. Jossy would be the hero to some and the devil to others, depending on which side one viewed this case.
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Chapter: five Jossy Mansur & Holloway Case
My own thoughts on Jossy.
When doing the research for this I was actually quite surprised at just how soon in the summer Jossy Mansur came on the scene offering his highly negative accusations against Joran van der Sloot. On June 13, 2007 he went On the Record with Greta van Susteren and was declaring that Joran had "anger management issues." It would seem that Jossy wanted to be the source for the Aruban news regarding the Holloway case almost from the beginning.
A photo of Joran was shown with a leather belt around the neck of one of his friends. Then Fox quickly flashed to a photo of convicted murderer Robert Chambers who also had these anger issues. Joran they said had some Tickle and MSN websites, that were quickly taken down, but had shown a young man who engaged in underage drinking, partying exactly like Chambers. These were all offered up by Jossy Mansur of the Diario newspaper. This wild drinking behavior plus the anger issues seemed proof that Joran must somehow be involved in Natalee's disappearance.
I will attempt to explore some of the more blatant accusations from Jossy Mansur against the suspects in this case. Although when I say suspects, it was always much more clear that Jossy had it in for Paul and son Joran. Even today there are absolute lies that Jossy continues to share as truths about the Van der Sloot family. Another mystery is exactly why Jossy seemed to take on the family Van der Sloot with what would appear as a true vendetta.
To support these anger issues it was stated that one of Natalee's fellow students broke up a fight between Joran and one of the Mt. Brook teens, thus not a stretch that Joran could have killed her. They would show these web sites of Joran's and suggest that his favorite songs were all degrading to females. These photos were often those posing with attractive young females flashing money and showing gangsta signs.
Thus the conclusion offered by Jossy, appearing on Fox, CNN and MSNBC seemed to be that Joran had to be a spoiled, undisciplined young man, with permissive parents that would allow him to frequent casinos and bars, hustling women. And to make it worse, he was only 17 years old and the son of a judge. It would take quite awhile for all of these accusations to be sorted out and to understand what if any of them were the truth.
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