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In an interview with SIC, Jeki Matos, who fled Caxias’s arrest 8 years ago, revealed all the details of his plan, from the bribes to the car guards he used to reach Madrid, where he left for Israel.
Jeki Matos’s escape from the Caxias chain had outlines worthy of a Hollywood movie. For seven months, the detainee got saw the bars of your cell Uncovered, escaping a high security prison, where he served preventive penalty for violent robberies to casino players.
The case was revealed by, who interviewed the fugitive eight years later, the Israela country that has no extradition agreement with Portugal. The Portuguese authorities have already become rejected two requests for extradition, since Jeki Matos has Israeli nationality.
According to the fugitive, the escape plan included bribery payments 60 thousand euros To prison guards to facilitate escape by obtaining mobile phones, saws, paint and cement to hide their advances. He also paid for two Chilean prisoners to be transferred to his cell and participate in the dropout.
“I paid about 60,000 euros to prison guards. In prison, the money speaks louder, any prisoner who wanted to corrupt a guard, having money, can easily do it“He says.
On Escape Day, a fog Saturday, Matos Used sheets as a rope to cross the prison wall. He went to Madrid in a car bought at Olx, where he bought a plane ticket on the same day and boarded for Telavive using an Israeli passport that had not been seized by the Judiciary Police.
Judge Counselor Celso Manata, at the Director General of Prison Services, revealed that There were strong evidence of corruption In the case and questioned how it was possible that the guards had not noticed the sawdust of the bars, as one of the safety procedures involves testing the integrity of the windows.
The National Union of the Prison Guard body repudiated the performance of the guards involved. Despite the suspicions, the inquiry initiated by the prison services was filed, without finding evidence of corruption or violation of functional duties.
Currently residing near Telavive, Jeki Matos claims to have changed her life. “I have a normal lifework for eight years in the same company. I was reborn. I am a different person, ”he said.
Despite admitting to having more than one million euros profit With the robberies, he says he does not fear any extradition, which he considers impossible under Israeli laws.
