A manhunt is underway for a convicted rapist and child molester in Georgia after being “released in error” from prison on Friday.
The Washington Post reported on the search for the convicted felon on Tuesday, saying that he was serving a life sentence when he was accidentally released from Rogers State Prison on Friday and was at-large.
“Tony Maycon Munoz-Mendez, 31, had been in custody since his 2015 conviction on rape and child molestation charges, according to state records. He was serving a life sentence when he was ‘released in error’ from Rogers State Prison on Friday, the Georgia Department of Corrections announced,” WaPo wrote. “The department did not say how the error was made, when it was first discovered or why several days passed before the public was informed that Munoz-Mendez was at large.”
The newspaper, currently under much scrutiny for its bizarre Monday obituary for killed ISIS leader Abu Bakar al-Baghdadi, praising him as a "religious scholar," chose to leave out a key detail in its reporting: that Munoz-Mendez is an illegal alien from Guatemala.
It is likely WaPo was well aware of that detail, as it mentioned how Munoz-Mendez has children outside of the country. The newspaper also chose to include a quote from a letter Munoz-Mendez wrote to a judge during his trial, saying that he has “no family here in the United States.”
As TownHall reports, “Georgia records confirm that Munoz-Mendez is a Guatemalan national.”
According to the Georgia Department of Corrections, Munoz-Mendez was released Friday, Oct. 25 at approximately 11:30 a.m.
“All resources are being utilized to ensure the rapid apprehension of Munoz-Mendez, including the Georgia Department of Corrections Fugitive Unit and US Marshals,” the department writes in a BOLO (Be-On-the-Lookout) statement. “The public is reminded to call 911, and do not approach.”