Guatemala Judge Orders McAfee Released 139
An anonymous reader points out an AP report which says a judge in Guatemala has ordered the release of John McAfee from a detention center. "Lawyer Telesforo Guerra said the judge notified him verbally of the ruling, but added that it may take a day for formal written notification to win McAfee's release, possibly as soon as Wednesday." McAfee, on the run from Belizean police, was arrested in Guatemala several days ago after making himself known to authorities. He did so because a pair of reporters who were interviewing him posted a photo which included metadata on the photo's location. In a live broadcast on Sunday, McAfee expressed a desire to return to the U.S. "I simply would like to live comfortably day by day, fish, swim, enjoy my declining years. My long-term plan was simply to get away from Belize, think, and decide what to do."
Re:Behold... the Power of the Internet (Score:5, Informative)
I think Belize and Guatemala have some ongoing disputes as well which may have had something to do with it. Doubt he'll be able to bring the girlfriend with him though.
Re:Behold... the Power of the Internet (Score:4, Informative)
I vaguely recall that Guatemala considers Belize to be a province of Guatemala, stolen by the British. They have made threatening remarks about walking in and taking it back. I could be off base though.
Re:But the real question is (Score:5, Informative)
He's paying $25,000 a month in alimony, got another man driving around in his car and fucking his wife in a house he's still paying the mortgage on. Now I'm not saying he shoulda killed her... but I understand.
Good lord, if you're gonna rip off Chris Rock at least get the quote right.
Re:But the real question is (Score:5, Informative)
No one paid attention because it's a ludicrous theory. And the motivation behind such a theory? oh, that simplest and oldest of reasons:
"However, this theory is only advocated by one person and is described by "celebrity criminal defence lawyer" Jeffrey Steinberger as "absolutely absurd, ... a desperate attempt to sell a book".
Also, he'd been "investigating" the case for 6 years, not 30. 30 would've been noteworthy indeed, considering the murders happened in 1994.
didn't ever really feel sorry for him (Score:3, Informative)
So - this guy takes off from the USA so he can dodge paying American Taxes on his fortune (John Galt style!) - then he's shocked SHOCKED! to find out that governments in third-world countries are run like gangs, and will extort money from him. Now he's crying to get back into the US eh?
Who is John Galt, and where are his back-taxes?