John McAfee, the anti-virus software pioneer wanted for questioning in the murder of a neighbor in Belize, has reportedly been arrested in Guatemala, one day after he went public and announced he would seek asylum there. McAfee has been on the run with his 20-year-old Belizian girlfriend Samanta Vanegas since the shooting death of fellow American Gregory Viant Faull.

News of McAfee's arrest was first posted on the Facebook account of Robert King, a photographer and videographer from Vice magazine who accompanied the 67-year-old while he escaped to Guatemala from Belize. King's account was later confirmed by Guatemalan Interior Minister Mauricio Lopez Bonilla.

McAfee is wanted for questioning in connection with the murder of Faull, who was shot to death in early November at the Belize island where they both had homes.

McAfee shacked up with Vanegas in a high-end hotel in Guatemala City after sneaking out of neighboring Belize. There, he enlisted the help of high-powered attorney Telesforo Guerra, a former Guatemalan attorney general and an uncle of Vanegas.

Also present at the hotel were Rocco Castoro, the editor-in-chief of New York's Vice magazine, and King, who have been traveling with McAfee for the last five days, and are filming a documentary that will accompany a magazine article about his time on the run. Castoro wrote: "[McAfee] retained the services of Mr. Guerra. He has agreed to help John untangle the web of confusion and - according to John - corruption that has taken over his life in Belize since April."

McAfee claims he is being persecuted by the Belizean government, and he has some dirt about official corruption in the country, where he lived in a compound guarded by aggressive dogs and armed guards.

He told the Associated Press that he will petition the Guatemalan government to allow him to stay, and he fears he will be killed if he turns himself in for questioning in Belize.