The latest is he snuck out of Belize to Guatemala, and then was arrested by Guatemalan immigration authorities for illegally entering. He’s applying for asylum.
From his public statements that I’ve heard, he’s either mentally ill or he’s faking it in an attempt to set himself up with an eventual insanity defense.
There’s always the drugs he said he took for forever.
I’m guessing a psychotic break due to stress + drug damage to the brain, or something similar - he is obviously not right in the head at the moment.
I’m sure Belizian cops aren’t the nicest people on the planet, but I don’t think they’d go out of their way to torture and murder a prominent American citizen living in their country.
I do feel bad for him - almost wish that Guatemala would keep him for a while, or ship him off to America for “protective” mental health custody to figure out what’s gone wonky with him.
If he’s not nutso, it’s not like we can’t send him right back to Belize.
The murder of his neighbor, whom he wasn’t friendly with, and whom allegedly poisoned his dogs and McAfee’s subsequent flight make him highly suspicious.
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[li]A billionaire expat former software mogul/yoga expert[/li][li]A pair of obnoxious dogs[/li][li]A murdered neighbor[/li][li]A raid by the Gang Suppression Unit[/li][li]A flight across international borders including hair color changes[/li][li]A body double with a North Korean passport[/li][/ul]
This story has all the hallmarks of either another shitty sequel to The Fugitive or an outstanding game of Fiasco. It all depends on whether Colin Farrell will lower his price enough to play Séamus O’Gerard, the An Garda Síochána agent seconded to Interpol who is incidentally second cousin to Tommy Lee Jones’ US Marshall. As to why an Irish peace officer would be chasing a fugitive from Guatemala…you’ll have to watch the movie.
Guatemala says they will send him back to Belize, according to the latest news I read (to be sure, a couple days ago, since I’m not really following this story).