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After escaping detention, alleged ATM robber arrested in Pekanbaru
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he Riau Police have arrested in Pekanbaru Jose William Salazar Ortiz, a Peruvian who had fled from a detention center in Denpasar, Bali.
The 37-year-old, who is standing trial at the Denpasar District Court for allegedly robbing ATMs, escaped the court’s detention center with two other inmates by breaking its bathroom ventilation last week.
It was suspected that someone had given him a screwdriver to open the ventilation.
He was caught at a hotel on Jl. Sisingamangaraja, Pekanbaru, on Wednesday afternoon after three days. He traveled from Denpasar to Pekanbaru by bus.
“He didn’t resist arrest,” Riau Police spokesperson Sr. Comr. Guntur Aryo Tejo said on Thursday.
(Read also: Hundreds escape from Pekanbaru prison)
Guntur said Ortiz had planned to travel to Batam and return to Peru.
Ortiz was first arrested in Denpasar in November for breaking an ATM in the city and in Sidoarjo, East Java. He said he needed money to cover the medical expenses of an ill relative.
The police have escorted him back to Denpasar. They are also investigating his alleged accomplices. (wit)
