Prisoner Escapes From Jail By Drugging His Identical Twin Brother During A Routine Visit

An inmate at the Piedras Gordas prison in Peru managed to escape in January 2017 by drugging his twin brother during a visit. Alexander Delgado Herrera was just two years into his 16-year sentence at the time.

In a story that could have come straight out of a movie script, Alexander was in prison for burglary and child se*ual abuse offenses when he decided to flee with an elaborate plan.

The inmate's twin brother, Giancarlo Stuard Delgado, attended the Piedras Gordas prison to pay his brother a routine visit. They met up in the prison's common area before walking towards Alexander's cell together.

Alexander was seen offering Giancarlo a can of soda. Not long after consuming the drink, Giancarlo passed out and woke up surrounded by guards several hours later.

When Giancarlo explained what had happened to the authorities, they didn't believe him. They were convinced that Giancarlo was Alexander.

Considering Alexander had only served two of his 16 years at that time, Giancarlo faced the prospect of having to serve the remaining time. Fortunately for Giancarlo, the authorities took his fingerprints and compared them to Alexander's, confirming they did, in fact, have the wrong prisoner.

So, where did Alexander end up? Security cameras captured him strolling out of the prison and past six security checkpoints without a hitch.

As a result of Alexander's escape, several guards and the prison director were all fired for their negligence. Alexander was on the run for over a year before he was found and recaptured in the city of Callao.

In February 2018, the interior ministry of Peru said, "Today there was the recapture of a violator who, on January 10 2017, fled Piedras Gordas when he was supplanted by his brother. This relative was in detention in place of him, but today, Delgado Herrera has been arrested."