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Kidnapper 'inadvertently' released from jail before trial, feds think he fled to Mexico
by Dave Hendricks
Sunday, April 2nd 2017

Convicted on a federal hostage-taking charge, Luis Gerardo Betancourt faces life in prison.

Betancourt, though, may never spend a day behind bars — thanks to a bureaucratic blunder by the federal government, which “inadvertently” released him before trial.

 
http://valleycentral.com/news/local/...ink-he-fled-to

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The link above doesn't go anywhere.

But... "valley central"?
As in... California?

Sumthin' tells me that this perp's release was NOT "inadvertent"...!

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