Two guards arrested in Chiapas for alleged role in inmate's escape

Two prison guards, Juan "N" and Zenaida "N", have been arrested in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, for their alleged involvement in the escape of an inmate. The inmate, Lorenzo "N", was being held for qualified homicide and fled from the State Center for Social Reintegration of Sentenced Persons (CEERS) No 5.

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The two detained agents of the Secretariat of Security, who were in charge of the inmate's surveillance, face the crime of prisoner escape, and it is being investigated if there was also participation of more security agents.

State prosecutor Jorge Luis Llaven Abarca announced the arrests, stating that the two guards, responsible for the inmate's surveillance, face charges of prisoner escape. An investigation is ongoing to ascertain the potential participation of additional security agents in the incident. The prosecutor indicated that Lorenzo "N" escaped over the weekend while being "transferred from the prison to the courthouse."

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Lorenzo "N", indicated the state official, escaped last weekend when he was "in transfer from the prison to the courthouse and managed to evade justice."

A search operation involving state police and the Attorney General's office has been launched to recapture the fugitive. Security measures have also been implemented to protect the victim's family. The Superior Court of Justice of the State clarified that the escape did not occur within the Control Court but while the inmate was under the custody of the State Procedural Guard, near the tunnel connecting the prison to the courthouse.

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the escape did not occur in the Control Court, but while the person was under the safeguard and custody of the State Procedural Guard.