- Up to 20 suspects were seen leaving a prison in Venezuela
This is the bizarre moment a group of clumsy prisoners emerged from prison through a tunnel only to encounter a team of police officers training outside.
Twenty daring suspected criminals were seen realizing their mistake in real time as they emerged from a hole in the wall towards the police headquarters training ground in Maracaibo, Venezuela.
Officers were seen helping the red-faced inmates through the narrow gap in the wall before leading them back inside the prison.
The situation became tense for the group of about 30 unarmed police officers.
But police later confirmed that “everything is now under control,” noting that three inmates needed treatment for minor injuries sustained during their failed escape.
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About 30 police officers were on the other side of the wall, ready to arrest the 20 suspects.
The clip of the not-so-good escape shows several red-faced men in yellow jumpsuits being detained after breaking through the outside wall.
Because the tunnel opening was so small, the fugitives could only walk directly into the arms of the waiting police officers.
Members of the Bolivarian National Guard, the Bolivarian National Police Corps, Civil Protection and the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service were reportedly called in to help calm the situation. The Sun of Puebla.
Maracaibo Mayor Rafael Ramírez Colina later said on April 17 that order had been restored.
‘Today morning we have an incident, a fight that started at 8.30 in the morning.
‘That fight had consequences: three injured.
‘At the time of the three injuries, all the police forces that live in the region came and acted.
‘After that they proceeded to treat the injured and I know that they are already informing the relatives that at this moment there is no reason to doubt our municipal police.
‘It is also important to say that there was no escape or danger of escape on the part of those deprived of liberty.
“Everything is under control,” he concluded.
‘There are no deaths in any of the cells, we have no seriously injured people and the three slightly injured people were duly treated by Maracaibo Firefighters.’
Officers are seen restraining one of the apparent fugitives on April 17.
Police helped the suspects out of the hole before taking them back inside.
In his speech, the mayor made no reference to the hole made in the wall.
Police chief Gustavo Basabe said they are investigating the escape attempt to prevent a similar situation from occurring in the future.
One local commented: “Only in Venezuela.”
Another said: ‘The police told each of them ‘you’re trapped, you’re trapped, you’re trapped…’
Desiree wrote: ‘Hahaha, what happened.’