Murder suspect and tech entrepreneur John McAfee was arrested by Guatemalan police on Wednesday, according to Mauricio Lopez Bonilla, the country's interior minister.

McAfee was arrested for illegally entering Guatemala, after he entered the country to escape Belizean authorities, Reuters reports. Guatemalan police said it would expel him to neighboring Belize, the wire service added.

Now a fugitive, McAfee is a "person of interest" in the murder of Gregory Faull, an American expat who was shot in San Pedro Town, Belize last month.

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"He entered the country illegally and we are going to seek his expulsion for this crime," Bonilla told Reuters. McAfee said on Tuesday that he would seek political asylum in Guatemala.

Francisco Cuevas, a Guatemalan government spokesman, said McAfee would be ousted by early Thursday morning. He was taken to a residence belonging to the country's immigration department. There is currently no international-arrest warrant for McAfee.

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While on the run, McAfee started a blog called "The Hinterland," which details his experience hiding from police. McAfee said he fears Belizean officials would kill him if he returned for questioning.

McAfee founded his eponymous anti-virus software company in the late 1980s, but retired in 1994.

We will update the story as we get more information.

Clarification: A previous version of this article stated that McAfee was a "prime suspect" in the Belize police's murder investigation. McAfee is actually a "person of interest," according to Reuters.

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