Brazil police arrest one of 76 escapees from Paraguay jail
Brazilian border police on Monday arrested one of the 76 inmates who broke
out of a prison in neighboring Paraguay over the weekend, officials said.
The 30-year-old was picked up in Mato Grosso do Sul state, the Border Operations Department said in a statement.
The escapees, including 40 Brazilians and 36 Paraguayans, made their getaway Sunday through a tunnel from the prison in the border city of Pedro Juan Caballero, officials have said.
Most were members of a drug-trafficking gang known as First Capital Command, one of Brazil's most powerful criminal enterprises.
The prison's warden has been dismissed and dozens of guards arrested.
The burning hulks of five vans used in the escape were found in Ponta Pora, a Brazilian city separated from Pedro Juan Caballero only by an avenue.
Pedro Juan Caballero lies about 300 miles (500 kilometers) northeast of the Paraguayan capital, Asuncion.
