A Honduran teen imprisoned for killing a U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency officer has escaped for the 5th time, Honduran officials announced Saturday.

Herlan Colindres, 16, escaped from an aging juvenile detention facility Friday. Officials believe Colindres, a gang member who has been implicated in 16 other murders, slipped out of the prison with the assistance of other imprisoned youth. This is his second escape in four months and his fifth escape since his his first incarceration for killing rival gang members. In August, Colindres managed to weaken the jail bars of his cell with a nail file.

After that escape, Honduran officials built a brick cell with a private bathroom for Colindres and had six guards on watch for his cell.

Colindres had bragged about escaping in the past. His August escape came five days after he boasted to reporters that he would escape and "kill all journalists."

Colindres was convicted of killing DEA agent Michael Timothy Markey. Markey was shot while visiting a local temple. He was in the Central American country training local police officers in drug control efforts.