McAfee founder, on run in murder case, arrested for entering Guatemala illegally DEVELOPING: John McAfee, the tech executive behind the security software of the same name, was arrested Wednesday in Guatemala, where he had said he intended to seek asylum in the face of a potential murder case against him in Belize. The arrest came a day after the software company founder surfaced in public for the first time in weeks. He told the Associated Press he sneaked into Guatemala because he fears persecution in Belize. "I need a safe place where I can actually speak out," McAfee said Tuesday.