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John McAfee tells USA Today: ‘I am not a madman’

John McAfee, the reclusive software mogul wanted for questioning in Belize over an expat neighbor’s death, broke his silence Monday in a US newspaper interview in which he pleaded his innocence. “People ask me, ‘How did it feel to kill a man?’ and I can honestly tell them I wouldn’t…

John McAfee expelled to U.S. after three weeks on the run

US computer anti-virus software pioneer John McAfee escaped immediate deportation to Belize on Wednesday as Guatemala expelled the colorful American back to the United States instead. Wearing a blue suit and white shirt, McAfee, who is wanted in next-door Belize for questioning over his neighbor’s murder, got out of a…

Software engineer McAfee expects to be freed ‘soon’

US anti-virus software pioneer John McAfee said on Tuesday he was “100 percent certain” he would secure freedom from a Guatemalan detention centre within 24 hours. The 67-year-old, who was arrested for making an illegal entry into the Central American country on December 5, told Sky News that he expects…

Suffering from a bout of ‘lightheadedness,’ fugitive software pioneer John McAfee seeks return to the U.S.

US anti-virus software pioneer John McAfee said that he has filed legal motions with the Guatemalan government to avoid extradition to Belize, in hopes of being sent instead to the United States. “What we are doing is filing a series of papers, a series of filings with the court to…

McAfee confirms he’s in Guatemala after photo accidentally reveals location

By Amanda Holpuch, The Guardian Fugitive software pioneer’s location accidentally revealed by location data on photograph tweeted by journalist covering him Software pioneer John McAfee has confirmed on his blog that he is in Guatemala with reporters from Vice magazine, a day after they accidentally revealed his location by failing to scrub data in a photo…

The increasingly bizarre tale of John McAfee

Prostitutes, gun-toting bodyguards, experimental drugs, police raids, poisoned dogs, murder, elaborate disguises, cloak-and-dagger interviews: welcome to the incredible world of John McAfee. In a plotline worthy of a Hollywood thriller, the American anti-virus software pioneer went on the run from his Belize island home hours after his Florida expat neighbor…

McAfee denies reports he was captured and says ‘double’ was arrested

Software pioneer on the run from Belize authorities writes on his blog that he remains at large and that a decoy was detained Fugitive software pioneer John McAfee has dismissed reports of his capture, claiming that it was in fact a double carrying a North Korean passport who was detained for “pre-planned…

Belize police dismiss report that John McAfee has been captured near Mexico

Fugitive software pioneer John McAfee may have been captured on the Belize-Mexico border, according to a post on his website that appears to have come as a surprise to authorities in central America. In the latest twist to the bizarre case, whoismcafee.com – a website set up by McAfee after…

Report: Anti-virus software pioneer McAfee captured

Anti-virus software pioneer John McAfee, wanted by authorities in Belize for his neighbor’s murder, has been captured after weeks on the run, his blog said Saturday. “We have received an unconfirmed report that John McAfee has been captured at the border of Belize and Mexico,” his official blog whoismcafee.com said.…