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Thomas McFadden was released from San Pedro prison on 28 December 2000, having completed four years and eight months of his original sentence. He left Bolivia without paying the rest of the bribe to the judges.

Following Thomas's release, the San Pedro prison tours continued in spite of a new sign on the outside wall officially proclaiming, ‘No Foreigners Allowed’. The principal tour guide was David Cordero, alias Fantasma, who worked under an assumed name.

The Bolivian government continues to deny that inmates are obliged to purchase their own prison cells.

Several hundred women and children still live inside San Pedro.