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Sheepish pair’s great escape

Two Argentinean convicts who escaped from jail evaded capture after disguising themselves as sheep, it was claimed.

Maximiliano Pereyra and Ariel Diaz, who were jailed for robbery offences, dressed up as the animals after escaping from a maximum security jail in Argentina more than a week ago.

Pereyra, 25, and Diaz, 28, dressed in full sheepskin fleeces with realistic looking heads as they tried to evade capture, The Sun reported.

They had stolen the sheep hides from a local ranch, it was claimed.

They used their disguises to fool officials for more than a week despite more than 300 members of the local constabulary searching for them.

The local police have been left embarrassed by the episode after locals reported seeing the pair running through local fields at night.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .