Inmate José Luis Callisaya Diaz, also known as “El Araña” used his fleece jacket to sneak through security and attempt to break through one of the prison’s outer walls on February 4. .
Despite the efforts escape prison security discovered Diaz, who was serving a 15-year sentence for murder, was not in his cell.
| José Luis Callisaya Diaz was arrested by prison security after posing as a sheep to escape. |
Pictures about strange prison break shows the prisoner crawling on all fours in a field while wearing a fur coat before he is recaptured.
Prison officials say Diaz thinks the cold weather will help him survive the time escape from prison.
“We inform the people of Bolivia that prison security officers from the San Pedro de Chonchocro Correctional Center prevented the escape of inmate José Luis Callisaya Diaz (alias El Araña), who took advantage of the inclement weather to try to escape through one of the walls of the prison’s outer perimeter,” said Penitentiary Regime Director Juan Carlos Limpias.
Security guards at Chonchocoro, a high-security prison in Bolivia, quickly caught the escaped prisoner after they realized he was no longer in his cell.
Authorities ordered legal action and disciplinary action against Diaz for his escape.
Chonchocoro prison, also known as San Pedro prison or El penal de San Pedro, is the largest prison in La Paz, Bolivia.