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Accused killer of prosecutor trying kidnap cases allowed to escape – Hanlon
7:26 CAT | 19 Dec 2016
File photo / Machava penitentiary
Castigo Machaieie, director of Machava prison (Maputo Provincial Penitentiary), has been arrested with eight other people and accused of helping Abdul Tembe to escape on 24 October. Tembe is accused of driving the car used by the men who assassinated prominent prosecutor Marcelino Vilanculos on 11 April, in front of his home in Maputo. Tembe had been transferred from the cells of the Maputo Police Command to Machava, even though security is much tighter at the Police Command than Machava. The other two accused, Amade Antonio and Jose Coutinho, are still held at the Police Command.
Vilanculo is believed to have been targeted because he was handling a number of sensitive cases, including the kidnapping of Asia-origin business people. It is believed enormous ransoms, running into millions of US dollars, have been paid. (AIM En 6,7 Dec)
By Joseph Hanlon
Source: News reports & clipings
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