Shortly after the 7NEWS item about the prison escapees aired in Caye Caulker last night, police in that island village got a call about a >
pair of suspicious men in the western area of the island. When they responded, sure enough they found Francisco Martinez and Miguel Perez.
According to information, they had come in on the Varela's barge earlier that evening. Martinez, a 16 year old on remand for drug trafficking, and Perez, a 15 year old remanded for theft, had escaped on Sunday morning.
Martinez is from San Pedro and Perez is from Carmelita. Still at large is Francisco Martinez's older brother Sergio. He's only 17 but is serving a total of 31 years for 8 convictions of escape, damage to property and burglary. Anyone seeing him is asked to call the nearest police station.
