Brutal moment six prisoners fight off two guards and shoot dead one of them before breaking out of a jail in Colombia
- One of the officers was shot one dead on Monday at a jail in the southern Colombian area of Nariño
- Correction officer Edwin Landázuri was rushed by the inmates and was shot once after the group was able to take a gun away from his partner
- Heimar Mauricio Benavides attempted to save the 26-year-old Landázuri and pointed his weapon at the men before he was knocked down
- One of the inmates was going to shoot Benavides before another prisoner stopped him
- A third detainee gained control of the weapon and shot Benavides before he fatally shot Landázuri, who had two years on the job
- Junior Arce Dios, a native of Peru, was the only prisoner arrested while the other five were still on the run as of Monday afternoon
Six prisoners fought off two prison guards, killing one of them, before breaking out of a jail in Colombia.
Surveillance footage showed the moment the group of men stormed out of their opened jail cell and attacked the guards.
The brutal assault happened on Monday at 1am at the CAI Champagnat temporary detention facility in Ipiales, a city in the southern department of Nariño near the border with Peru.
Corrections officer Edwin Landázuri, 26, was immediately pushed towards a corner wall as one of the prisoners attempted to take his service weapon.
Heimar Mauricio Benavides, 28, attempted to come to his partner’s defense and pointed his weapon at the group before three of the inmates were able to slam him to the ground and disarmed him.
Six detainees attacked two prison guards at a temporary holding facility in Ipiales, Colombia, on Monday and escaped from the jail. However, in the attack one of the inmates shot dead Corrections officer Edwin Landázuri and wounded a second guard, Heimar Mauricio Benavides
Three prisoners inside a jail in Colombia fought and disarmed correction officer Heimar Mauricio Benavides (circled with the yellow jacket) Monday at the CAI Champagnat detention facility in Ipiales, a city in the southern department of Nariño near the border with Peru.. Benavides was wounded and his partner Edwin Landázuri was shot dead
Edwin Landázuri, a prison guard in southern Colombia, was shot dead early Monday after six inmates attacked him and another correction officer at a temporary detention facility
One of the inmates stopped another from shooting Benavides as he was lying on the ground.
A short while later, a bearded prisoner wearing a hat was spotted in the video snatching the firearm from the prisoner as Benavides was backtracking towards Landázuri.
The inmate then shot Benavides as he guard stepped through the gate. He then fired the second shot at a defenseless Landázuri, who was declared dead at the scene.
The fallen correction officer had two years on the job.
Three of of the six prisoners, who escaped from the jail, eventually ganged up correction officer Edwin Landázuri moments before another inmate walked over and shot the guard dead
Benavides was transported to a local hospital and was listed in critical condition.
Authorities were still searching for Colombian nationals Jeferson Mera Pinchao and Roberto Carlos Yandún. Álvaro Vimele Delgado, Jhoniel Eduardo Ibarra and Aníbal Padrón – all three from Venezuela – were also on the run.
Junior Arce Dios, a native of Peru, was captured by the police.
A $3,000 reward was offered for information leading to the arrest of the five fugitives.