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John McAfee, the American anti-virus software creator, has been arrested.

McAfee, who has been on the run from police since his neighbor was found murdered in Belize in November, was detained Dec. 5 at a hotel in Guatemala City.  He has been accused of entering the country illegally.

Just hours before his arrest, McAfee, 67, had told the Associated Press that he was requesting asylum in Guatemala over being persecuted in Belize over the shooting and death of neighbor Gregory Faull.

Belize police consider McAfee a person of interest in the case, which left Faull, an American, dead.