American police announced Wednesday morning the arrest of a “dangerous” Brazilian criminal who escaped from a Pennsylvania prison two weeks ago and was armed, after a long and difficult manhunt.
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The fugitive evaded the authorities for 14 days, causing a wave of panic in this region near Philadelphia, in the northeast of the United States.
Live on local TV from Chester County, footage taken from a helicopter shows handcuffed Danelo Cavalcante being taken out of a black armored van and having his T-shirt torn before being taken away by armed men.
– Schools closed, residents cloistered –
As recently as Tuesday, in the middle of the start of the school year, schools near Philadelphia were closed and residents were ordered to stay at home until Mr. Cavalcante was arrested.
The man entered a property in South Coventry, about 50 km northwest of Philadelphia, on Monday evening to steal a 22 long rifle that was in the garage, according to police. .
Sentenced in mid-August to life in prison for stabbing his former girlfriend to death, Mr. Cavalcante was considered armed and extremely dangerous, according to the same source.
Two weeks after the Brazilian criminal’s escape, the embarrassment was evident for American authorities.
Cavalcante had been spotted several times on video surveillance cameras, but each time he was able to escape from the search perimeters set up by the Pennsylvania police, supported by the FBI and US Marshals, the equivalent of specialized gendarmes. in the hunt for fugitives.
On Sunday, new photos were released, dating back to the previous night, where the fugitive appeared clean-shaven, presumably to change his physical appearance after the publication of a wanted notice in which he had a black beard.
Cavalcante also managed to steal a white van, found abandoned on Sunday, probably because he was low on gas.
According to police, he sought help from two acquaintances, who notified authorities. His sister, illegally present in the United States, was arrested.
His mother, who lives in rural Brazil, told the New York Times that she was not surprised by her son’s ability to evade authorities in the United States, because he had already managed to do so in Brazil, where he is accused of killing a man.
Danelo Cavalcante, rather slight with his height of approximately 1.52 m and his 54 kg according to a wanted poster, managed to escape on August 31 from the Chester County prison.
The escape, video of which was recorded by a prison camera and released by authorities, was as spectacular as it was embarrassing for prison officials.
In the extract, we see the prisoner, white t-shirt, blue pants and white sneakers, hiding in a recess of the exercise yard, then climbing agilely, spider-man style, his body horizontally between two walls , and disappear on the roof.
The inmate was sentenced on August 22 to life in prison for stabbing his former girlfriend to death, in front of the victim’s child, during an argument in April 2021.
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2023-09-13 13:12:00
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