Maze escaper is arrested in Texas

[stevey2005]

Maze escaper is arrested in Texas
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7220764.stm

A Maze escaper has been arrested at a border patrol in the United States, American officials have said.

He was arrested by officers at a border checkpoint in southern Texas on Monday night.

The US Border Patrol have refused to identify him, but said he was awaiting deportation.

It said he had been serving a 23-year prison sentence in Northern Ireland on charges of possessing a bomb and a firearm.

The man produced an out-of-date immigration document at the Sarita checkpoint near Brownsville.

The man was identified through fingerprinting after a search of his background through the Joint Terrorism Task Force and Interpol.

"The subject was arrested and is pending deportation proceedings back to his country of origin," said the US Border Patrol.

'Biggest search operation'

Ronald D. Vitiello, chief patrol agent for the Rio Grande Valley Sector, said: "The primary purpose of checkpoint operations is to support enhanced national security efforts that deter, detect and prevent the threat of further terrorist attacks against the United States.

"Consequently, law enforcement partnerships, coupled with Border Patrol checkpoint operation, continue to be a reliable means of detecting people who would attempt to enter the United States illegally and threaten the integrity of border security."

38 republican prisoners escaped from the Maze in 1983

The biggest jail break in the UK history took place from the high security Maze prison on 25 September 1983. On that day 38 republican prisoners escaped.

Prison officer James Ferris died of a heart attack after being stabbed while attempting to stop the jail break.

Security forces mounted the biggest search operation Northern Ireland had ever seen within minutes of the escape.

Ten of the prisoners were recaptured in the first few hours, but the remainder went on the run.

In 1997, a republican prisoner escaped from the jail disguised as a woman, during a Christmas party.

The Maze prison closed in September 2000 as a result of the Good Friday Agreement's early release scheme.

[sschumacher]

No escape from the long arm of the law.

[tiocfaidh]

Maze escaper is arrested in Texas
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7220764.stm

A Maze escaper has been arrested at a border patrol in the United States, American officials have said.

He was arrested by officers at a border checkpoint in southern Texas on Monday night.

The US Border Patrol have refused to identify him, but said he was awaiting deportation.

It said he had been serving a 23-year prison sentence in Northern Ireland on charges of possessing a bomb and a firearm.

The man produced an out-of-date immigration document at the Sarita checkpoint near Brownsville.

The man was identified through fingerprinting after a search of his background through the Joint Terrorism Task Force and Interpol.

"The subject was arrested and is pending deportation proceedings back to his country of origin," said the US Border Patrol.

'Biggest search operation'

Ronald D. Vitiello, chief patrol agent for the Rio Grande Valley Sector, said: "The primary purpose of checkpoint operations is to support enhanced national security efforts that deter, detect and prevent the threat of further terrorist attacks against the United States.

"Consequently, law enforcement partnerships, coupled with Border Patrol checkpoint operation, continue to be a reliable means of detecting people who would attempt to enter the United States illegally and threaten the integrity of border security."

38 republican prisoners escaped from the Maze in 1983

The biggest jail break in the UK history took place from the high security Maze prison on 25 September 1983. On that day 38 republican prisoners escaped.

Prison officer James Ferris died of a heart attack after being stabbed while attempting to stop the jail break.

Security forces mounted the biggest search operation Northern Ireland had ever seen within minutes of the escape.

Ten of the prisoners were recaptured in the first few hours, but the remainder went on the run.

In 1997, a republican prisoner escaped from the jail disguised as a woman, during a Christmas party.

The Maze prison closed in September 2000 as a result of the Good Friday Agreement's early release scheme.

Any guesses on who it is? Obviously it could have been someone from an escape other than the Great Escape of '83, but of those 38 escapees, 3 are still known to be in the US (Kevin Barry Artt, Pol Brennan, Terry Kirby), although I know Kevin Artt is singing in a rebel band in San Francisco ( http://www.bogsavages.com/ ).

I believe two other have never been heard from since the escape: Seamus Campbell and Gerard Fryers.

[stevey2005]

Im sure some of our republican forum members could make a few accurate guesses at his identity??

[Catalpa]

No escape from the long arm of the law.

Whose Law?

[pocleary]

No escape from the long arm of the law.

the same law that built Colditz

[gako]

no escape from the long arm of the
law? woh! the law thats enforced by the same
people who are quite happy to allow tank and cannon
shells to be fired,into built up residential areas in the
heart of bagdad.where women children etc etc reside.
lets raise the flag for john wayne and all them other good
old cowboys!

[gako]

No escape from the long arm of the law.

I would stick to the oul speed sschumcher, if you know what i mean.

[tiocfaidh]

Im sure some of our republican forum members could make a few accurate guesses at his identity??

It is Pol Brennan, according to the latest update from the BBC.....

[Aindriu]

No escape from the long arm of the law.

the same law that built Colditz

Eh? Colditz is in Lower Saxony in Germany!