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Environment International 

Crocodile Hunt: Search on for Escaped Reptiles in S. Africa

March 5, 2021March 5, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
conservationists, escape, South Africa, wildlife

Police and conservation officers were searching Friday for an unknown number of young crocodiles that escaped earlier in the week from a large breeding farm in South Africa.

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Criminal International 

US Court Denies Bail to Arrested Wife of El Chapo

February 23, 2021February 23, 2021 SAMANTHA HAWKINS
Drug cartels, escape, Mexico, prisons

Said to have helped plan her husband’s intricate escape from a high-security Mexican prison, Emma Coronel Aispuro is accused of deep involvement in the inner workings of Mexico’s most notorious cartel.

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Criminal International 

More Than 1,300 Inmates Escape From Prison in Eastern Congo

October 20, 2020October 20, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Congo, escape, military, prisons

More than 1,300 inmates have escaped from the central prison of Beni in eastern Congo after an attack by rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces, the town’s mayor said Tuesday.

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Criminal International 

Danish Submarine Killer Briefly Escapes From Prison

October 20, 2020October 20, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Denmark, escape, inmates, Manhunt, murder, prisons

A Danish man convicted of torturing and murdering a Swedish journalist on his homemade submarine made a dramatic but brief escape from a suburban Copenhagen prison Tuesday, reportedly taking a hostage to break out before police recaptured him.

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Criminal International 

Chinese Death-Row Inmate Digs Tunnel to Escape Indonesian Jail

September 22, 2020September 22, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Death Penalty, drugs, escape, Indonesia

A Chinese drug trafficker on death row escaped from a jail near Indonesia’s capital after digging a 100 feet tunnel from his cell, police said.

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Business Criminal International 

US Arrests 2 Men Accused Of Aiding Ex-Nissan Boss’ Escape

May 20, 2020May 20, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
arrests, automotive, Bail bonds, escape, Japan

U.S. authorities on Wednesday arrested a former Green Beret and his son who are accused of helping former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn flee Japan while he awaited trial on financial misconduct charges.

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Appeals Civil Rights International Politics 

Top UK Court Quashes Gerry Adams’ Prison Break Convictions

May 13, 2020May 13, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
detention, escape, Ireland, prisons, United Kingdom

Britain’s Supreme Court on Wednesday quashed Irish nationalist politician Gerry Adams’ convictions for trying to break out of prison in the 1970s, handing a long-awaited legal victory to the former Sinn Fein leader.

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Entertainment Environment 

En Route to Vasectomy in Sydney, Baboons Cut Loose

February 25, 2020February 25, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Australia, escape, fertility, primates

A baboon scheduled to undergo a vasectomy in Australia made a dash for freedom Tuesday along with his “two wives,” leaving the trio running amok on the streets of the country’s biggest city.

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Entertainment Environment International 

Giraffe Still Missing After 2 Escape From Truck in Thailand

January 29, 2020January 29, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
animals, escape, Thailand, wildlife

Has anyone seen a giraffe running on a highway in Thailand?

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Entertainment International 

2 Elephants Escape From Circus in Russian City

January 24, 2020January 24, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Elephants, escape, Russia

Russia is said to be the place where bears roam the streets — but for a short while it was a free-for-all for elephants.

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Criminal 

Two Inmates Escape From Violent Mississippi Prison

January 6, 2020January 6, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
ap6, escape, inmates, Mississippi, prisons

Mississippi authorities were searching for two prisoners believed to have escaped Saturday from one of several prisons rocked by violence that left at least five inmates dead in the past week.

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Business Criminal International 

Turkish Company Says Jets Used Illegally in Ghosn Escape

January 3, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Aviation, escape, Japan, Lebanon

A Turkish airline company says its jets were used illegally in Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn’s escape from Japan. Istanbul-based MNG Jet said an employee falsified records and that Ghosn’s name did not appear on any documentation related to the flights.

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Entertainment International 

Zoo Escape

February 11, 2019February 11, 2019 BRIEF
animals, escape, Northern Ireland, primates, zoo

A group of chimpanzees at the Belfast Zoo used branches weakened by a storm to make a ladder and escape from their enclosure Saturday, zookeepers say.

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Criminal Regional 

Fugitive Lawyer

September 7, 2018 BRIEF
escape, Fraud, Kentucky, lawyers, sentencing, Social Security

A Kentucky lawyer who masterminded a $550 million Social Security fraud scheme and escaped from home arrest across the Mexican border was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison.

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Criminal Government International 

Drones Buzzed French Prison Months Before Spectacular Escape

July 2, 2018July 3, 2018 ASSOCIATED PRESS
drones, escape, France, prisons

Drones seen buzzing above a prison months ago may have been on a reconnaissance mission ahead of the cinematic escape of a notorious French criminal — his second in five years.

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Criminal Financial Government International 

Iceland: Bitcoin Heist Suspect Has Likely Fled to Sweden

April 18, 2018July 5, 2018 ASSOCIATED PRESS
currency, escape, EU, Sweden, theft

A man suspected of masterminding the theft of about 600 computers used to mine bitcoins and other virtual currencies has likely fled to Sweden after breaking out of a prison in Iceland, officials said Wednesday.

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Appeals 

Escaped Killer Draws No Sympathy From NY Court

January 12, 2018January 16, 2018 ADAM KLASFELD
escape, inmates, New York, prisons

A convicted killer whose 2015 escape from an upstate New York prison set off a 23-day manhunt failed Thursday to overturn his latest convictions.

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Criminal Regional 

Fugitive Kentucky Lawyer Charged in Escape to Mexico

October 18, 2017October 18, 2017 KEVIN KOENINGER
escape, Kentucky, lawyers, Mexico, Social Security

A Kentucky lawyer who masterminded a $600 million Social Security fraud scheme has been indicted for his alleged escape from home arrest across the Mexican border, prosecutors said Wednesday, and another man pleaded not guilty to helping him.

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Civil Rights Government 

N.Y. Governor Blamed for Post-Jailbreak Beatings

March 20, 2017March 21, 2017 JOSH RUSSELL
Andrew Cuomo, cruel and unusual punishment, due process, escape, Free Speech, inmates, Law5, New York, prisons

A New York inmate jailed next to two prisoners who made a headline-grabbing escape two years ago claims in court that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo taunted him and allowed guards to beat inmates who didn’t have information about the escape.

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