Doutor Mário Negócio Penitentiary, in Mossoró Disclosure An inmate escaped late this Tuesday afternoon (16) during a work activity in the external area of the Doutor Mário Negócio Agricultural Penal Complex, in Mossoró, western region of Rio Grande do Norte. According to the Penitentiary Administration Secretariat (Seap), the man was identified as Paulo Sérgio Araújo da Silva. He was classified for work and was doing a welding job under police supervision when he escaped. 📳 Click here to follow the g1 RN channel on WhatsApp Seap informed that it will initiate administrative procedures to investigate the circumstances of the escape. So far, there is no information on how the prisoner managed to leave the place during the supervised activity. READ ALSO: Councilor is shot during live broadcast in front of UPA in Mossoró After burial, families report swapping of babies' bodies in maternity ward in RN PF arrests investigation for storing and sharing child sexual abuse material in RN According to the prison administration, as soon as the escape was discovered, security forces were called and began searches in the region to try to locate and recapture the inmate, who was not linked to a criminal group. Until the last update of this report, he had not been found.