Brazil arrests Facebook VP for 'obstructing investigation'

(ANSA) - Rio de Janeiro, March 1 - Brazilian federal police on Tuesday arrested the vice president of Facebook Latin America after the company declined to turn over client messages sent on subsidiary social media platform WhatsApp.
    Prosecutors say the company has obstructed an investigation in a criminal drug trafficking case. VP Diego Dozdan, and Argentine national, was arrested while on his way to work in the city of Sao Paulo on a bench warrant from the northeastern city of Lagarto. Facebook has not commented on the arrest.