The Prensa Libre Newspaper in Guatemala is reporting that fugitive and convicted kidnapper Joseph Budna has been recaptured by the Guatemalan Civil Police.
The 38 year-old Budna, who escaped from the Jocotes Town Hospital, was detained by Guatemalan authorities yesterday near to the Guatemala/Honduras border in the Las Flores Jocotán village. It is believed the he stopped there to receive help from his contacts, who would have assisted him to flee into Honduras.
It is expected that he will now face charges of escaping from lawful authority when he managed to evade the prison officers who were placed at the hospital to guard him. The Prensa Libre reports that the officers were asleep at the time of his escape from the hospital.
As we told you, Budna has been serving a 25-year sentence in Jocotes Prison since October 26, 2012 after he was convicted in Guatemala's High Court of kidnapping. Guatemalan authorities believe that he was the mastermind in a kidnapping ring which targeted the children of wealthy persons.
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