prison break

Tuesday June 25, 2019

'Cocaine King Of Milan' On The Run After Uruguay Jailbreak

Rocco Morabito, pictured after his arrest in 2017, escaped from the Uruguayan prison where he was awaiting extradition to Italy. Italian Police via AP hide caption

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Italian Police via AP

The Americas

'Cocaine King Of Milan' On The Run After Uruguay Jailbreak

June 25, 2019 • One of the world's most wanted drug traffickers, Rocco Morabito, and three other inmates made a brazen escape from a prison in Montevideo Sunday, climbing through a hole in the roof.

Sunday July 1, 2018

Infamous French Criminal Escapes Prison In A Helicopter

A helicopter believed to have been used by French convict Redoine Faid was recovered outside Paris. Geoffroy Van der Hasselt/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Geoffroy Van der Hasselt/AFP/Getty Images

World

Infamous French Criminal Escapes Prison In A Helicopter

July 1, 2018 • Perhaps the most unbelievable thing about Redoine Faid's prison break is that it's the second time he's done it. He used explosives to escape from a different prison in 2013.

Tuesday May 22, 2018

The Two-Way

Hunt For Escaped South Carolina Inmate Intensifies As Second Wanted Man Is Captured

May 22, 2018 • After a 2 1/2-day manhunt across three states only one of the three inmates who escaped on Saturday night is still on the lam. The men escaped when a system glitch unlocked the doors to their cells.