US police managed to locate and capture Brazilian fugitive Danilo Cavalcante, this Wednesday (13), with the help of an aircraft equipped with a thermal camera.
According to Lieutenant Colonel George Bivens, of the Pennsylvania State Police, shortly after midnight (1am local time, Brasília time) this Wednesday, the police recorded some events, starting with the triggering of a burglar alarm. in a residence in the region where the police were looking for Cavalcante.
See: US police arrest fugitive Brazilian after 14 days on the run
The police investigated the alarm, but neither Cavalcante nor other criminals were found. The lieutenant colonel said that the police, at the time of the alarm, were searching an area with tactical teams not far from the location.
Bivens stated that an aircraft equipped with FLIR technology, with cameras that capture heat signals, encountered a heat wave at around 1 am local time (2 am Brasília time).
“Tactical teams began to converge on where the heat source was moving,” he said.
Bad weather and lightning meant the aircraft had to leave the area, Bivens continued.
Tactical teams made the decision to protect that smaller area as best they could and remained in action throughout the storm, he continued.
Additional resources were brought in and operations resumed early Wednesday morning, “and shortly after 8 a.m., tactical teams converged on the area where the heat source was moving very quietly.”
“Cavalcante didn’t realize he was surrounded until this happened,” Bivens said, adding, “That didn’t stop him from trying to escape.”
“He began crawling through the undergrowth, taking his rifle with him,” Bivens continued.
The U.S. Border Patrol Tactical Unit (BORTAC), Customs and Border Patrol teams released his dog, who subdued him when members of that team and the Pennsylvania State Police advanced.
“He continued to resist and was forcibly taken into custody,” Bivens said, adding that no one was injured.
He suffered a “small bite” and medical staff at the scene evaluated him.
He was transported to the Pennsylvania State Police Avondale Barracks, Bivens said.
Remember the case
Danilo Cavalcante, 34, escaped from prison in the city of Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, on August 31st. He climbed between two walls that formed a narrow corridor in the jail yard and climbed onto the roof.
The Brazilian had been sentenced to life in prison without parole on August 16 for stabbing and killing his ex-girlfriend in 2021.
The local government issued a statement reporting the escape, which had occurred during the morning shift and that Cavalcante was wearing gray shorts, a shirt and white sneakers.
Authorities offered a reward of US$10,000 (R$49,500) for information leading to the fugitive. The value was later updated to US$20 thousand (R$99.5 thousand).
The city’s Public Prosecutor’s Office defined Cavalcante as “an extremely dangerous man”.
In Brazil, he is also wanted for a 2017 homicide, which is why he fled the country, according to Robert Clark, deputy supervisor of the US Marshals Service.
See also: Video shows moment in which Brazilian sentenced to life imprisonment escapes from prison in the USA
Source: CNN Brasil
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