So, members of Brazil’s most powerful criminal group escape prison through tunnel | the Chronicle

Nine prisoners detained in a Campina da Lagoa prison, in the Brazilian state of Paraná, they made a movie-like escape ‘Shawshank Redemption’ (“Sleep leak”) and came out through a tunnel dug in his cell.

The moment the inmates left the prison facilities at dawn this Sunday was recorded by security cameras.

Prisoners they dug a hole in the ground that allowed them to exit into the yard and jumped over the wall of the police station who was already in a precarious state.

Most of the runaways are linked to drug trafficking and they are members of the First Capital Command, considered the most powerful criminal group in Brazil, which remains influential in prisons and favelas. They are also held responsible for crimes such as theft, robbery and homicide.

The police managed to locate one of the fugitives the same day and found him at his ex-girlfriend’s house, but the others eight fugitives are still on the run.

At the time of the escape, in the Campina da Lagoa prison there were 35 detainees, while its capacity only allows it to detain 15 people.