Moment Latin American drug gang leader ‘Cute Chubby’ dressed as a woman to a escape Paraguay jail where he was serving an eight-year sentence for robbery

• César Ortíz got dressed as a woman and escaped from a prison in Asunción, Paraguay on May 29
• Ortíz was only free for several hours before he was recaptured
• The 36-year-old, who is known as ‘Gordito Lindo’ or ‘Cute Chubby,’ has served three of an eight-year sentence for aggravated robbery
• Ortíz is the second leader in command of a local drug dealing gang known as the ‘Rotela Clan’

Surveillance footage captured the moment a top leader of a Latin American drug gang dressed as woman to escape a prison in Paraguay.

César Ortíz, who is also known as ‘Gordito Lindo’ or ‘Cute Chubby,’ evaded the security protocol at the notorious Tacumbú National Penitentiary in the country’s capital Asunción on May 29.

The 36-year-old, identified as the second person in command of the Rotela Clan’s operations, received a jail visit from a woman, who accompanied him to a private room, local media outlets reported.

 César Ortiz (right) was arrested hours after he escaped from a Paraguay, prison by dressing as a woman (right)

César Ortíz (center) was sentenced in 2019 to eight years for the robbery of a gas station in Asunción, the capital of Paraguay

At some point during the visit, he swapped his prison garb for an olive blouse and blue skirt.

Ortíz painted his finger nails with white polish, added fake eyelashes, applied makeup to his face and threw on a wig.

Authorities said Ortíz went undetected as he walked through several checkpoints before a guard opened the jail exit gate.

Cops spotted Ortíz several blocks away from the prison and arrested three other people, who were allegedly part of the jail break plot as they were about to drive him away to a hideout in Paraguay’s central region. 

Ortíz was taken to the Emboscada National Penitentiary in municipality of Emboscada – 32 miles away from Asunción.

Surveillance camera still image shows César Ortíz’s escape from the Tacumbú National Penitentiary in Asunción, Paraguay, on May 29.

The outfit César Ortíz wore, dressing as a woman to flee from a prison in Paraguay on May 29. He escape was short-lived as he was recaptured severals hours later near in the jail’s vicinity as he was about to board a vehicle to be taken to a hideout in the country’s central region 

Jessica Salinas called on authorities to transfer her husband back to the Tacumbú National Penitentiary over concerns that jail guards could not guarantee his well-being at the Emboscada prison.

The Rotela Clan is in an ongoing battle for control of the drug trade in Paraguay’s prison system with the First Capital Command – Brazil’s most powerful prison gang and cocaine exporter.

The Justice Ministry ordered an investigation into at least 20 jail guards in connection to Ortíz’s escape.

At least four people have been taken into custody, including Rolón Figueroa, who was reenlisted to the San Pedro police department in June 2021 after serving a six-year drug trafficking sentence.

One of the other jail escape accomplices was identified as Víctor Paredes, Ortiz’s brother-in-law.

He was wanted for the March 1 murder of a woman employed as a maid by the Insfrán clan, a well-known family allegedly involved in drug trafficking and money laundering.

César Ortíz Ortiz had been jailed at the Tacumbú National Penitentiary since 2019, serving an eight-year sentence after he and three other suspects were arrested for robbing about $4,400 from a gas station in Asunción, Paraguay

Ortiz had been jailed at the Tacumbú National Penitentiary since 2019, serving an eight-year sentence after he and three other suspects were arrested for robbing about $4,400 from a gas station in Asunción, according to Paraguayan newspaper El Nacional.

In February 2021, Ortíz led a riot at the jail after officials discovered an underground tunnel that was under construction for a planned escape.

At least seven inmates were decapitated for allegedly revealing the plan.

Ortíz was charged with murder, hostage taking, organizing a prison riot and for being associated with a criminal organization.

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