This scene is not taken from the setting of an action film ... But from the Pedro Juan Caballero prison, in Paraguay, near the border with Brazil.
Nearly 80 prisoners escaped through a tunnel, apparently dug with the help of the guards. “It is a work of several weeks. It is obvious that the staff knew and did nothing, "Minister of Justice Cécilia Perez.
Most of these prisoners are members of the largest gang of arms and drug traffickers in Brazil. "They built a tunnel as you can see in the films, with interior lighting, from the prison toilets."
The prison director was dismissed and dozens of guards were arrested. Five vans in which some of the escapees fled were found burnt down in Brazil.
The country has strengthened its security in the border area, in an attempt to capture fugitives.