The not-so-great escape: Moment bungling prisoners tunnel their way out of prison only to be immediately arrested by police who were training outside
- As many as 20 suspects were seen digging their way out of a prison in Venezuela
This is the bizarre moment a group of bumbling prisoners forced their way out of the prison only to be met by a team of police officers training outside.
Twenty daring suspected criminals realized their mistake in real time as they emerged from a hole in the wall to the police department training course in Maracaibo, Venezuela.
Officers were seen helping the red-faced prisoners through the narrow hole in the wall before leading them back into the prison.
The situation became nerve-wracking for the group of about thirty police officers who were not carrying weapons.
But police later confirmed that “everything is now under control” and noted that three prisoners required treatment for minor injuries sustained during their failed escape.
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About thirty police officers stood on the other side of the wall, ready to arrest the twenty suspects
The clip of the not-so-great escape shows several red-faced men in yellow boiler suits being apprehended after digging through the outer wall.
Because the tunnel opening was so small, the escapees could only squeeze straight into the arms of the waiting officers.
Members of the Bolivarian National Guard, Bolivarian National Police Corps, Civil Protection and Bolivarian National Intelligence were all reportedly called in to help defuse the situation. El Sol de Puebla.
Maracaibo Mayor Rafael Ramírez Colina later said on April 17 that order had been restored.
“Today in the morning we have an incident, a fight that broke out at half past eight in the morning.
‘That fight had consequences: three were injured.
‘At the time of the three injuries, all police authorities living in the region responded.
“They then continued to treat the injured and I already know that they are informing the families that there is no reason to doubt our municipal police at this time.
“It is also important to say that there was no escape or danger of escape for those deprived of their liberty.
“Everything is under control,” he concluded.
“There were no deaths in any of the cells, no serious injuries and the three slightly injured people were properly treated by the Maracaibo fire brigade.”
On April 17, officers are seen detaining one of the apparent fugitives
Police helped the suspects out of the hole before taking them back inside
In his speech, the mayor did not refer to the hole that had been made in the wall.
Police Chief Gustavo Basabe said they are investigating the attempted outbreak to prevent a similar situation from happening in the future.
One local noted, “Only in Venezuela.”
Another said: ‘The police said to each of them: ‘You’ve been stolen, you’ve been stolen, you’ve been stolen…’
Desiree wrote: ‘Hahaha, what a thing to happen.’