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  • Venezuela arrests over jailbreak (Chavez-opposing governor escapes).

    04/03/2007 3:13:17 PM PDT · by Jedi Master Pikachu · 7 replies · 434+ views
    BBC ^ | Tuesday, April 3, 2007
    Venezuelan police have arrested 59 people after a former state governor escaped from jail where he was waiting to be tried on corruption charges.Eduardo Lapi - prominent opponent of President Hugo Chavez - had been in detention since May last year. Police are investigating whether a cake laced with sedatives was smuggled into the prison to incapacitate guards. Interpol and immigration authorities are on alert to prevent the former governor of Yaracuy state from fleeing. Another Chavez opponent - Carlos Ortega - escaped from a military jail near the capital, Caracas, in August 2006. Crawl to freedom The fugitive...
  • Opposition ex-governor escapes Venezuela jail, authorities say

    04/02/2007 8:03:13 PM PDT · by Kitten Festival · 3 replies · 340+ views
    CARACAS, Venezuela: A former opposition governor has escaped from a prison in northwestern Venezuela, authorities said Sunday. It was the second high-profile jail break by a foe of President Hugo Chavez in less than a year. Eduardo Lapi, ex-governor of Yaracuy state, was reported missing by prison authorities early Sunday from the San Felipe jail, where he was being held on corruption charges.