prison break is usually a team effort
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Oct 27, 2008Lax security allowed jail-breakMANILA (Philippines) - THE Philippine military sharply criticized prison officials Monday over the escape of seven senior communist rebels, saying their breakout in a raid by their comrades had wasted years of effort and resources to put them behind bars.
In a rare public expression of anger, the military urged government officials to take decisive steps to punish those responsible for the late- Saturday escape of the seven ranking New People's Army guerrillas from Quezon provincial prison.
About 30 communist guerrillas, disguised as anti-narcotics agents and SWAT commandos, talked their way into the poorly guarded prison compound, saying they were to take custody of some of the inmates.
They then overwhelmed the guards on duty, Quezon police chief Fidel Posadas said.
Some of those freed were senior guerrilla commanders captured by the army in recent months. The raiders locked up prison guards in a cell before fleeing in four vans. The attack lasted just 15 minutes and without a shot being fired, Chief Posadas said.
'The incident laid to waste years of careful planning, perilous operations and resources in capturing top NPA leaders in Quezon,' the military said in a statement. 'We expect that decisive actions will be undertaken to punish those who are liable and put an end to these recurring incidents,' it added.
The raid happened despite prior warnings to local jail authorities of a possible escape attempt, and the military said the freeing of the rebels made the government's counterinsurgency campaign in the region 'more difficult.'
About half the prison's 50 guards and the deputy warden were in Manila for a seminar, considerably weakening the jail's defenses at the time of the attack, Posadas said. The warden, his deputy and at least 14 prison guards have already been fired by local officials for security lapses in the jail, about 110 kilometers southeast of Manila, he said.
The 5,000-strong Maoist rebels have been waging a rebellion in the country's rural regions for nearly 40 years. They have escalated their attacks against government forces in recent months to gain badly needed weapons, according to the military.
Norwegian-brokered peace talks stalled in 2004 after the rebels accused the government of instigating their inclusion in US and European terrorist blacklists. -- AP
They need 30 guys and alot of planning to pull this off.
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Wtf!
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So much for Michael Scofield's Prison Break, elaborate tattoo of prison schematics, digging here, digging there, breaking iron grilles, misdirecting the guards, etc. When all they can do is get somebody from the outside to pose as government officials.
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they planned for it by picking on the day where there is less guards, get 30 people, get the accessories to look like officials, do intel gathereing and recce to see how the procedure is like and their protocol so they won't arouse the guard's suspicion when they go in. probably also bribe some people along the way.
this is lots of effort. not some unplanned one man jail breakout.
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Wasn't it a honest mistake?
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Originally posted by eagle:
Wasn't it a honest mistake?
Yeah. Let's move on.