A man serving time after being convicted of homicide attempted to escape prison dressed as a sheep in Bolivia.
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Jose Luis Callisaya Diaz was sentenced to serve 15 years at the San Pedro Choncochocoro Penitentiary Center and disguised himself as a sheep as he tried to break through an external wall on February 4. When prison officials caught him, Diaz imitated the animal by grazing on grass, but they didn’t fall for his shenanigans.
#ATBDigital “El Araña” se disfrazó con cuero de oveja para tratar de escapar de la cárcel de #Chonchocoro. José Luis Callisaya Díaz aprovechó las inclemencias del tiempo para intentar darse a la #fuga por uno de los muros del perímetro externo del penal y fue #recapturado. pic.twitter.com/Vt73Mf3Wgp
— ATB (@ATBDigital) February 5, 2023
“We inform the Bolivian population that prison security police officers from the San Pedro de Chonchocoro Penitentiary Center prevented the escape of prisoner José Luis Callisaya Diaz (alias El Araña), who took advantage of the inclement weather to try to flee through one of the walls of the external perimeter of the prison,” said Juan Carlos Limpias, Director of the Penitentiary Regime.
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Since his escape, Diaz is expected to face legal and disciplinary action. The prison is known as one of the largest prisons in La Paz and considered its own society as reported by Metro UK.
Imagine a community with grocery stores. Restaurants. Doctor’s and dentist’s offices. A soccer field. Billiard halls.
Think you’re in an American suburb?
Think again.
Welcome to San Pedro Prison in La Paz, Bolivia.
A thread on the most interesting jail in the world: pic.twitter.com/o3nTlfVkhg
— David Zabinsky (@DavidZabinsky) August 12, 2021
The prison is separated into eight communities, ranging from squalid to hotel-like.
In the poorer communities, many remain homeless and sleep on the concrete sidewalks within the prison walls.
The more fortunate can afford sizable apartments with cable TV and hot tubs. pic.twitter.com/oM7pwIaVbx
— David Zabinsky (@DavidZabinsky) August 12, 2021
Many inmates even live with their families.
San Pedro is full of women and children, many of whom live with their convicted husbands and fathers — not by choice, but because supporting themselves in poor parts of Bolivia outside the prison walls would be far more difficult. pic.twitter.com/PhOa5k9SeK
— David Zabinsky (@DavidZabinsky) August 12, 2021
Social media users thought the prison escape attempt was funny because his “costume” didn’t resemble a sheep. One user wrote, “Back to the drawing board!” while another said, “can be said, without missing the truth, that he is a (dangerous) wolf in sheep’s clothing.”
“He disguised himself as a sheep to try to escape from jail. He lacked a good godfather like El Chapo, who was able to leave Puente Grande through the front door, during the government -if he can be called that-, of Vicente Fox.”