John McAfee's Belize plea as he goes into hiding after neighbour's murder Mr McAfee has been involved in ongoing dispute with Belize authorities, who he has accused of corruption and being a "military dictatorship." He told Wired that on Friday the Belize authorities had sent "thugs" to poison his dogs Mellow, Lucky, Dipsy, and Guerrero. Mr Faull was known to have complained about the dogs in the past, but asked if he thought Mr Faull might be responsible for poisoning them, Mr McAfee told Wired: "This is not something he would ever do. I mean, he's an angry sort of guy but he would never hurt a dog. Mr McAfee made his fortune from a computer software company of the same name after becoming an anti-virus software pioneer in the 1980s. He reportedly made $100 million from his developments and owned properties in New Mexico, Arizona, Texas and Hawaii. He moved to Belize in 2008 and started a new antibiotics company making drugs from plants. When the financial collapse and recession hit he lost most of his fortune, reportedly seeing it fall to $4 million. Last April, the Belize Gang Supression Unit raided Mr McAfee's business looking for drugs and guns. Mr McAfee said officers found guns, which he said were legal, and he was released without charge after being detained for a few hours. He later claimed to a television station that the GSU had killed his dog and taken his passport, and that he was being victimised because he didn't give money to a local politician. He said: "They confiscated my passport, all of the weapons we used for security on the compound, handcuffed me and everyone and for fourteen hours outside in the sun I sat handcuffed without food or water. They murdered my dog in cold blood. It was unbelievable, unimaginable for a country that was supposedly a democratic country. I had to get the intervention of the American embassy to get released. This is clearly a military dictatorship where people are allowed to go and harass citizens based on rumour alone and treat them as if they are guilty before any evidence whatsoever is obtained. Raphael Martinez, a spokesman for Belize's Ministry of National Security, said no charges had been filed in the case, and described Mr McAfee only as a "person of interest" for police. He told the Telegraph: "At this time it's too early to say if he's a suspect. We are following several leads. He lives nearby and is associated with this person so he's just wanted for routine questioning. I wouldn't say he's a suspect at the moment. Superintendent Alven Dawson, who is in charge of the Crimes Investigation Branch, which is investigating the murder, said: "We are just looking for him because we wanted to try to ask him some questions because he is a neighbour. Like every murder we do house to house inquiries. We have other neighbours we've already spoken to. It wouldn't be wise to put him higher at this time as a suspect. We don't have any evidence he was involved in any way. However, Marco Vidal, head of Belize's Gang Suppression Unit, which is not directly involved in the murder investigation, said: "He is a person of interest at this time. He is wanted for questioning in regard to the murder. He was not at his house when the officers went there. Mr Faull, an American, was found lying face up in a pool of blood on an upper floor of his house. A single Luger 9mm shell was found at the scene. There was no sign of a break in but a laptop computer and iPhone were missing. He was discovered by his housekeeper. Other residents said the tattooed Mr McAfee seemed standoffish and not friendly. Real estate agent, Bob Hamilton said: "His physical appearance doesn't really inspire you to go over and make friends with him. He's a little scruffy looking.