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Prisoner escapes from jail in Puntarenas

May 26, 2019 by Staff News Writer

Gunter Humberto Otero Madrigal escaped from the Institutional Care Center 26 de Julio located in Puntarenas early this Sunday morning. The information was confirmed by Pablo Bertozzi, director of the Penitentiary Police.

Confirmed. We already did the operation at dawn, we are receiving information about his possible whereabouts. We also informed the Judicial Investigation Agency and the Public Force to proceed with the search for the fugitive,”

said Bertozzi.

According to the Press Department of the Ministry of Justice, Otero was in prison for qualified homicide, at the order of Garabito’s criminal court. He entered the system in 2018.

Preliminary information reveals that Otero Madrigal would have cut the bars of the window and metal mesh between areas C and A3 of the prison in Puntarenas .

crhoy.com

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