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Recaptured After Running For 7 Months
posted (December 27, 2019)
He's been on the run for 7 months, but tonight, the escaped prison inmate, 28-year-old Christian Neal is in police custody. Prison authorities are preparing to transport him from Benque Viejo Town, where he was caught today.

On the afternoon of May 7th, Neal and fellow inmates Wilser Echeveria, and Rafael Mencias managed to escape from the compound of the Belize Central Prison. The CEO told us that just after midday, all 3 prisoners somehow managed to slip out of the prison industrial zone. That's the area of the prison which is where all the production, such as block making, woodwork, and farming, happens.

Shortly after the prison break, both Echeveria and Mencias were recaptured, and Neal was the only one who managed to elude law enforcement.

Well, this afternoon, 2 police officers in plain clothes, spotted him in an area within Benque Viejo Town. They recognized him as the wanted fugitive, and we're reliably informed that they tracked him to a riverbank in the Town. Once they were close enough, the officers moved in and detained him without incident. It is believed that the only reason Neal wasn't alerted to the presence of the officers was due to the fact that they were in plain clothes.

Before his escape, Neal was serving 15 years for convictions of 2 counts of robbery, and 1 count of rape. We are told that his release date from prison was 2028.

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