ASUNCION – At least 75 inmates, including members of Brazil’s most powerful gang, escaped from a Paraguayan prison on Sunday after digging a tunnel in an operation that prison officials were believed to have been aware of, the government said.
The director of the penitentiary in the city of Pedro Juan Caballero, near the Brazilian border, was fired along with six other prison officials, Paraguayan Justice Minister Cecilia Perez said.
The escaped prisoners included gang members from First Capital Command, Brazil’s most powerful and sophisticated organized crime group, according to the government.(Reuters)
