Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan says that 13 prisoners who escaped from the Lusignan facility today did so by digging a tunnel into the backlands. Lusignan 13 escaped via tunnel – Ramjattan -remainder of high-risk prisoners for Camp St brick prison. Ramjattan stated too that the 90 were isolated because authorities did not want them to “contaminate the 400…There are the really bad ones that have done a number of acts which make us believe that if they were to go into that new area we might have further troubles”.įurther troubles have now erupted and will raised questions about how the Guyana Prison Service, the Ministry of Public Security and the government have handled this matter. The situation being referred to was the posting of videos showing inmates chasing animals and slaughtering a cow. “Efforts are being made in order to enhance that area in terms of sand filling so that the situation that was previously aired via social media would not be the condition that they are kept under for whatever duration they will be there”, he told reporters during a press conference hosted by the Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan. Samuels had told reporters last week that the 90 will remain in the swampy conditions and that work will start to sand-fill the area to improve the environment. The prisoners who escaped were among 90 who were separated from just over 400 others who were moved to a nearby area which was made more inhabitable to accommodate them. Part of the pasture area at Lusignan where the prisoners were being held last week. A media briefing will be held later this morning. The public is being advised to take all necessary precautions and report all suspicious activities to the nearest police station or outpost.ĭPI also said that the public is being asked to avoid the lower East Coast Demerara backlands until further notice. The government’s Department of Public Information (DPI) issued a statement this morning confirming that 13 prisoners had fled the Lusignan facility where they were being held following the July 9th uprising and fire that destroyed the Camp Street jail.ĭPI said that investigations into how they broke out have commenced. Prisons Director Gladwin Samuels confirmed the escape. Lopez’s escape drew comparisons from some to a 2019 case also in Texas in which a mixed martial arts fighter accused of killing two people fled from an inmate transport van.Īuthorities said they eventually captured that escaper, Cedric “Spiderman” Marks, nine hours later as he unsuccessfully tried to hide in a trash can.The prisons crisis besetting the government worsened today with news that prisoners have fled from the Lusignan compound where they were being held. “I cannot reiterate enough how dangerous this guy is,” Hurst told media gathered near the search perimeter Friday.
He was most recently being housed at a corrections facility in Gatesville, more than 100 miles from where the search for Lopez was focused. Lopez was ordered to serve the rest of his life in prison after he shot at a sheriff’s office deputy in 2004 and killed a man with a pickaxe after holding him for ransom over a drug deal gone awry near Texas’ border with Mexico, according to officials. An airplane crew was assisting search efforts. More than 300 law enforcement officers from local, state and federal agencies were scouring the area around the community of Centerville for signs of Lopez, who investigators suspect could be hiding in any of the creek beds or brush patches in the dry, hot region, according to Hurst. Lopez remained at large on Friday afternoon, more than a day later, and authorities were publicly offering $15,000 for information leading to his capture. An undated photo provided by the Texas department of criminal justice of Gonzalo Lopez.
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