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Fugitive Colombian senator Ada Merlano captured in Venezuela
28 January 2020
INPEC
Aída Merlano escaped in October 2019
Special forces in Venezuela have captured the fugitive Colombian former senator, Aída Merlano.
Merlano, who was serving a 15-year sentence for vote buying, gave prison guards the slip in October.
She slid down a rope a second-storey dental surgery where she was undergoing orthodontic treatment and an accomplice whisked her away on a motorcycle as passers-by looked on.
Her escape was a great embarrassment for the Colombian prison system.
More:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-51279806
