well, a couple of very practical reasons. some of them about family, and some international politics. and because of that, the story got even stranger. after weeks on the run, there he was, in the flesh. according to mcafee, he was not running from a homicide investigation. oh no, he said he was in guatemala to ask for political asylum, and protection from the government of belize. seven months ago, the belizian government sent 42 armed soldiers into my property. i had to leave, but the story has to get out. according to mcafee s 20 -year-old companion, samantha venegas, the couple came to guatemala in part because she had a relative here who could be helpful. so, i tell him i have an uncle who s a lawyer. and he s a pretty good lawyer. and you can ask anyone here in guatemala. you certainly could. sam s uncle has represented some of the biggest names in central america, like former panamanian strongman manuel
magazine, and one time cnbc news consultant. he got to know mcafee after he learned that belizian police had rated the millionaires mainland compound, looking for illegal drugs. i heard about this raid on april 30th, when the belizian police force burst into his compound in the jungle, and that struck me as extraordinary. as it turned out, the police did not find any illegal drugs in mcafee s compound in that raid, though mcafee was charged with having an unlicensed gun. the fact the police even suspected mcafee of making drugs was intriguing. mcafee had been an outspoken teetotaller since kicking a drug habit back in 1980. so, davis went to belize to investigate. it was there, said davis, mcafee told him the belizian was serious corrupt and the governments paramilitary gang suppression unit, or gsu, was
anything john mcafee says? as you might imagine, for greg faull s family, the answer to that is no. it doesn t make any sense at all if mcafee claims hs innocence. why did he disappear and make a circus of this whole thing? i don t understand it. and i just wish someone would investigate it, or find someone who can talk about it, and bring some justice, somewhere. though, the belizians say the murder of greg faull is still an open case and that john mcafee is still the first person of interest, faull s family isn t holding their breath waiting for justice. it almost feels hopeless because, you know, it s a foreign country, and i don t know how to handle it. getting any answers or any contact from them? no, not anything from them at all. in 2013, the family filed a wrongful death suit against john mcafee. after the millionaire failed to respond to their claims, a federal judge deemed him to be a default, and ordered mcafee to pay faull s estate more than $25 million. in resp
at amergris caye. this is a regular occurrence, apparently. there are police in there. armed police with a rifle. they are looking through the house. as i do on a regular basis, or haven t ever since the beginning of this. i don t think there s an expectation, really, that he is going to be here. but they are looking. can you speak about this? the police admitted they had no other suspect, john mcafee s classification was downgraded to a less ominous sounding person of interest. we still think he s here in belize. belize a rafael martinez was the police spokesman. we believe that he will come in. if you find him, then you will arrest him? we will detain him, and we will ask him some questions. but undermanned and underfunded, the belizian police force seemed equipped to actually hunt him down. a man of means like mcafee, a man who clearly did not want to be found. what s your message for john mcafee?
the guatemalan government can go, thank god he didn t want to stay here. everybody is happy. america s happy. more tax dollars. it s the perfect solution, that will be the solution. you are convinced of it? you know, i haven t been wrong much about my life, you know? the people who know me will say one thing don t ever bet with this man. i don t like to lose money. i don t. i will bet you on this one. spoken like a gambler who might have known the fix was in. the real question was, whether john mcafee would ever be forced to sit face to face with homicide detectives? coming up, mr. mcafee in danger again? we hid under a car for 4 and a half hours while they searched everywhere for us. when dateline continues. in my ozempic® tri-zone, i lowered my a1c, cv risk, and lost some weight. in studies, the majority of people