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Jail. it was something im sure to their minds was just an unthinkable thing. eventually i got about $200 or $300. we had it pretty well planned out, exactly what we were going to do. chako had paid a guard to make a copy of the key to the gate through the bathroom that would let us outside. he kept it on himself. he found two guards that he knew would be willing to take the money and he thought would keep their word.

I had heard about a man named chako in the jail. the guards took him serious because they knew that if they double-crossed him, there was a good chance hed come back and kill them. i thought hed be a good partner. i walked up next to him and started talking to him. chako liked to joke around and seemed like a pretty normal person to me. i told him that i wanted to finance an escape. >> are you serious? >> he told me he felt we could buy off the two guards in the tower for about $100 each. down t...

But we also needed to bribe one of the guards on the inside, so we could get a key for the door going from the inside cell to the outside part of the jail. >> what do you think, gringo? >> chako seemed to know what he was doing. when you trusted somebody, you were taking a big chance. but i was willing to risk my life at a chance to get out of there. i wasnt going to be able to get out of there without any money. so i started writing letters to my parents pretty much begging for money. i was act...

My cell was one of the last to be let out. when i went into the bathroom area, i saw chako was over in the corner. there was only one guard inside of the cell area. once youre in the bathroom, youre pretty much out of sight of the guard. it wasnt very long until they called the rest of the people back to their cells. once everybody was out of the bathroom, chako moved over to the gate real fast. and then slowly turned the key as quietly as he could.

But they rotated guards in the tower. so we had to wait until the two guards that we had picked were in the tower at the same time. it took about three or four weeks. they were putting us back in the cells and chako said, tonights the night. we just went back into our cells like everything was normal. we didnt want anybody to sense that we were gonna try to get out of there that night. around 11:00, they would let the cells out one at a time to go into the bathroom. the plan was to, once everybo...

Had cleared out of the bathroom, we were going to open up the door, go outside and climb the fence and get out of there. my cell was one of the last to be let out. when i went into theñi bathroom area, i saw chako was over in the corner. there was only one guard inside of the cell area. once youre in the bathroom, youre pretty much out of sight of the guard. it wasnt very long until they called the rest of the people back to their cells. once everybody was out of the bathroom, chako moved over ...

Write these letters. i had let them down quite a bit by getting myself involved in drugs in the first place. and then getting caught in a foreign country and thrown in jail. it was something im sure to their minds was just an unthinkable thing. eventually i got about 2- or $300. we had it pretty well planned out, exactly what we were going to do. >> chako paid a guard to make a copy of the key to the gate through the bathroom that would let us outside. he kept it on himself.çó

And then slowly turned the key as quietly as he couldñi. part of me was saying, this is crazy. youre gonna risk your life. youll be fine. you just have to sit here in this jail for another fiveñi years. but i had this one chance and i just had to take it, no matter what. chako came out and shut the gate again, but he shut it a little bit too hard and there was a pretty big clang. i immediately thought, oh, this whole things going to end before it even starts. we knew that the guard inside had ...

He found two guards that he knew would be willing to take the moneyñi and he thought would ke their word. but they rotated guards in the tower. so we had to wait until the two guards that we had picked were in the tower at the same time. it took about three or four weeks. they were putting us back in the cells and chako said, tonights the night. we just went back into our cells like everything was normal. we didnt want anybody to sense that we were gonna try to get out of there that night. arou...

So $100 to them was a fair amount. but we also needed to bribe one of the guards on the inside, so we could get a key for the door going from the inside cell to the outside part of the jail. >> what do you think, gringo? >> chako seemed to know what he was doing. when you trusted somebody, you were taking a big chance. but i was willing to riskñi my life at a chance to getñi out o there. i wasnt going to be able to get out of there without any money. so i started writing letters to my parents ...