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Colombian Rebels Attack Prisons, 140 Prisoners Flee
Loaded on Nov. 15, 2001
published in Prison Legal News
November, 2001, page 21
Prison escapes are common in Colombia. Prisoners often buy the help of guards and administrators and are often able to outgun their jailers. In the case that follows they had concerted help from the outside. It is not the first time that rebels outside have used such tactics to free ...
Filed under:
Political Prisoners,
Escapes,
Civil Procedure,
Conspiracy (Civil Procedure),
Prisoners-International.
Location:
Colombia.
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