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By Rey Anthony Chiu

The long arms of the law caught up with a Bohol fugitive in Ilo-ilo City some eighteen days after he wittingly slipped through 24 guards and 8 security cameras of the jail facility last December 26.

The fugitive, whom jail warden Reynan Torreon identified as Gary Gavino Curay alias Michael Gutierrez Curay was recovered at around 8:00 am, January 13 by a team composed by the Bohol Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) to pursue a lead that the escapee has escaped to Negros.

Governor Edgar Chatto immediately congratulated the BJMP for the recovery of Curay, who was serving time for theft and was facing rape charges in Bohol courts.

The Bohol team, composed of SJO3 Medard Bompat, Jo1 Julius Lacea ug Jo1 Fidelberto Sanoy had to cross to Negros together with an informant to recapture Curay, Torreon said during a radio interview Thursday.

“An informant told us about it and we immediately crafted a team and sent them to Ilo-ilo,” Torreon said.
 
After his escape, a bounty of P50,000 was offered to whoever could give information leading to Curay’s re-arrest.

It may be recalled that Curay bolted the BJMP facility in Cabawan district of this city by outmaneuvering 24 guards on duty and 8 closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras.

In an aired telephone interview, JSupt Torreon said Curay was able to slip through the CCTV cameras “as most were not focused on the paths which Curay used to escape.”
 
Torreon, who learned of the recapture by text message from his men in Ilo-ilo said the recovered criminal and escorts would board an Ilo-ilo boat bound for Cebu before getting a ride to Bohol. 
 
Chatto on the other hand called the successful operations a triumph in dynamic exchange of information and good intelligence networking.
 
Gov. Chatto told the Provincial Peace and Order Council that he has instructed the Provincial General Services Office and the Provincial Engineer to strengthen any weak links in the jail security perimeter to discourage any future attempts by prisoners. (racPIABohol)

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