Guatemala Welcomes U.S. Help in Gang Crackdown After Prison Break

President Bernardo Arévalo called an overhaul of his country’s prison system an “absolute priority” after 20 inmates accused of belonging to the Barrio 18 group were found to have escaped undetected.

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Inmates Make Brazen Escape in Guatemala

“I’m not going to deny the reality — there’s no good explanation,” the interior minister said of how the 20 inmates had slipped out, perhaps over a period of time.

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Derrick Groves, Last of 10 New Orleans Escapees, Is Captured in Atlanta

Derrick Groves, a convicted murderer who escaped with nine other inmates in May, was taken into custody after a brief standoff with the police.

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Taxi Driver Runs Over Man Who Once Escaped Custody on a City Bus

James Mossetty was dragged for 10 blocks by the taxi, whose driver was arraigned on charges that he left the scene.

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Zakaria Zubeidi, Palestinian Militia and Theater Leader, Speaks After Release From Prison

Zakaria Zubeidi inspired Palestinians and horrified Israelis. Freed from jail during a recent truce, he questions what his many lives have achieved.

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Leader of Ecuador’s Most Powerful Gang to Face Drug Charges in New York

José Adolfo Macías, known as Fito, escaped twice before authorities in the South American country apprehended him. He appeared in a music video from prison.

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2 Arkansas Prison Workers Are Fired in Wake of Convicted Murderer’s Escape

The employees unwittingly helped Grant Hardin, a former police chief, walk out of a prison in May, dressed in a fake law enforcement uniform, officials said.

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Prison Kitchen Job Apparently Helped Ex-Police Chief Escape, Officials Say

A job in a prison kitchen apparently helped Grant Hardin, a former police chief serving time for murder and rape, plot his escape by fashioning a makeshift police uniform, Arkansas prison officials said.

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2 of 4 Men Who Escaped From Immigration Detention Center Are Caught

The men had been on the lam for three days after breaking out of the Delaney Hall Detention Center in Newark.

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‘Devil in the Ozarks' Escapee Is Caught Near Arkansas Prison

Grant Hardin, who came to be known as the “Devil in the Ozarks,” was captured on Friday, nearly two weeks after his May 25 escape from a maximum-security prison.

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