Tag Archives: Prison Escapes

The New York Times 3:04 am on June 3, 2022
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Texas Says Escaped Murderer May Be Linked to 5 Deaths at a Home

Gonzalo Artemio Lopez, who escaped from a prison bus last month, may be driving a vehicle from a home where the bodies of two adults and three children were found, the authorities said.

#lopez-gonzalo-artemio, #murders-attempted-murders-and-homicides, #prison-escapes, #texas

The New York Times 10:50 pm on May 9, 2022
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Escaped Alabama Inmate and Officer Are Caught After Crash, Officials Say

The authorities in Alabama had been searching since April 29 for the corrections officer and the inmate, who disappeared after the officer said she was escorting him to a courthouse appointment.

#alabama, #lauderdale-county-ala, #prison-escapes, #prison-guards-and-corrections-officers, #prisons-and-prisoners, #white-casey-cole, #white-vicki-lauderdale-county-ala-corrections-officer

The New York Times 10:00 am on April 15, 2022
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27 Years in Solitary Confinement

The Supreme Court is to decide whether to hear the case of a Texas prisoner who says his decades in isolation amount to “cruel and unusual” punishment.

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The New York Times 2:08 pm on April 5, 2022
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Dominic Taddeo, Escaped Mob Hit Man, Is Recaptured in Florida

The apprehension of Dominic Taddeo, a notorious hit man from New York, came a week after he failed to return from a medical appointment to his halfway house in Florida.

#florida, #hialeah-fla, #organized-crime, #prison-escapes, #prisons-and-prisoners, #rochester-ny, #taddeo-dominic

The New York Times 9:29 pm on April 1, 2022
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New York Mob Hit Man Escapes Federal Custody, Officials Say

With less than a year before he would likely be released, Dominic Taddeo did not return to a halfway house in Florida earlier this week, officials said.

#florida, #murders-attempted-murders-and-homicides, #organized-crime, #prison-escapes, #rochester-ny, #taddeo-dominic

The New York Times 12:21 pm on February 9, 2022
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Violence Erupts at Syrian Camp for ISIS Families, Leaving a Child Dead

Security forces say they opened fire this week after they were attacked by women and children at Al Hol camp in northeastern Syria, which holds about 60,000 family members of former ISIS fighters.

#detainees, #islamic-state-in-iraq-and-syria-isis, #politics-and-government, #prison-escapes, #syria, #syrian-democratic-forces, #war-and-armed-conflicts

The New York Times 7:10 pm on February 6, 2022
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Teenage Inmates in Syria Lack Food and Medicine, Aid Group Says

UNICEF was given the first glimpse of teenage detainees at a prison attacked by ISIS two weeks ago in northeastern Syria.

#detainees, #hasaka-syria, #islamic-state-in-iraq-and-syria-isis, #prison-escapes, #syria, #syrian-democratic-forces, #united-nations-childrens-fund

The New York Times 8:50 pm on January 31, 2022
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Teenage Inmates Found Among the 500 Dead in Syria Prison Attack

The bodies of at least two boys were found on a street behind the prison — the first confirmed deaths among up to 700 teenagers who had been detained there because they were the children of ISIS fighters.

#civilian-casualties, #defense-and-military-forces, #detainees, #hasaka-syria, #islamic-state-in-iraq-and-syria-isis, #kidnapping-and-hostages, #kobani-mazlum, #politics-and-government, #prison-escapes, #raqqa-syria, #syria, #syrian-democratic-forces, #war-and-armed-conflicts

The New York Times 11:30 am on January 29, 2022
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ISIS Siege of Syria Prison Proves It’s Still a Threat

The Islamic State may no longer be able to control territory, but it has shown in Syria and Iraq that it can still pull off opportunistic military operations.

#afghanistan, #iraq, #islamic-state-in-iraq-and-syria-isis, #muslims-and-islam, #prison-escapes, #syria, #syrian-democratic-forces, #terrorism, #united-states, #united-states-defense-and-military-forces, #war-and-armed-conflicts

The New York Times 2:17 pm on January 28, 2022
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ISIS Fighters Get Ultimatum in Syria Prison Standoff

The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces militia demanded that about 60 ISIS militants, still holed up in a prison a week after they attacked it, give themselves up or risk being killed.

#child-soldiers, #civilian-casualties, #deaths-fatalities, #defense-and-military-forces, #detainees, #firearms, #islamic-state-in-iraq-and-syria-isis, #peoples-protection-units-ypg, #politics-and-government, #prison-escapes, #syria, #syrian-democratic-forces, #terrorism

The New York Times 1:27 pm on January 27, 2022
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U.S.-Backed Forces Clash With ISIS Fighters at Syrian Prison

Kurdish-led forces said that up to 90 ISIS fighters were still holed up in the prison in Hasaka in northeastern Syria, despite earlier claims that they had retaken full control of the complex.

#islamic-state-in-iraq-and-syria-isis, #prison-escapes, #syria, #syrian-democratic-forces, #united-states-defense-and-military-forces, #war-and-armed-conflicts

The New York Times 11:36 pm on January 26, 2022
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Kurdish-Led Forces End Syria Prison Siege, Defeating ISIS Fighters

The six-day battle put a spotlight on the humanitarian and security issues left unresolved after the Islamic State’s so-called caliphate was destroyed.

#children-and-childhood, #civilian-casualties, #deaths-fatalities, #detainees, #islamic-state-in-iraq-and-syria-isis, #prison-escapes, #syria, #syrian-democratic-forces, #united-states-defense-and-military-forces, #war-and-armed-conflicts

The New York Times 10:00 am on January 26, 2022
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Boys Held as Hostages by ISIS Worry Rights Activists

About 700 boys have been held for years in a prison in Syria because their parents joined the Islamic State. Now their lives are in danger.

#child-soldiers, #children-and-childhood, #detainees, #human-rights-and-human-rights-violations, #iraq, #islamic-state-in-iraq-and-syria-isis, #kidnapping-and-hostages, #prison-escapes, #syria, #syrian-democratic-forces, #united-nations-childrens-fund, #united-states, #united-states-defense-and-military-forces, #war-and-armed-conflicts

The New York Times 11:16 pm on January 25, 2022
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As ISIS Resurges, US is Drawn Back Into the Fray

“ISIS is not over”: Attacks in Syria and Iraq make clear that the militants have lost neither their will to fight nor their ability to do so.

#detainees, #iraq, #islamic-state-in-iraq-and-syria-isis, #prison-escapes, #syria, #syrian-democratic-forces, #terrorism, #united-states-defense-and-military-forces, #war-and-armed-conflicts

The New York Times 5:26 pm on January 21, 2022
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ISIS Fighters Attack Syria Prison to Free Fellow Jihadists

The attack on a prison run by a U.S.-backed militia in northeastern Syria set off deadly clashes and highlighted the area’s tenuous security.

#civilian-casualties, #detainees, #human-rights-and-human-rights-violations, #islamic-state-in-iraq-and-syria-isis, #kurds, #prison-escapes, #syrian-democratic-forces, #terrorism, #war-and-armed-conflicts

The New York Times 9:00 am on November 3, 2021
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He Escaped Prison in 2015. Did He Kill a Young Mother Decades Before?

A bid to exonerate two men in a Buffalo-area murder centers on the possible role in the crime of Richard Matt, a notorious New York killer.

#dna-deoxyribonucleic-acid, #erie-county-ny, #false-arrests-convictions-and-imprisonments, #forensic-science, #fugitives, #matt-richard-w-1967, #murders-attempted-murders-and-homicides, #prison-escapes, #sweat-david-p-1980, #tonawanda

The New York Times 1:55 am on October 14, 2021
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Texas Judge Urges New Trial for Death Row Inmate, Citing Jurist’s Antisemitic Remarks

A judge’s recommendation paves the way for an appeals court to decide whether Randy Halprin, a Jewish man who was convicted and sentenced to death in 2003 for his role in the killing of a police officer, will get a new trial.

#anti-semitism, #capital-punishment, #cunningham-vickers, #halprin-randy, #prison-escapes

The New York Times 9:24 am on September 19, 2021
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Israel Captures Last 2 Palestinian Inmates Still Free After Prison Break

Six prisoners had tunneled out of a maximum-security facility on Sept. 6, in an embarrassment for Israel.

#israel, #palestinians, #prison-escapes, #west-bank

The New York Times 9:37 pm on September 10, 2021
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Israel Captures 2 of 6 Palestinian Fugitives Who Escaped Prison

The escape on Monday was seen as a rare humiliation of Israel’s security establishment, and celebrated by Palestinians. The other four inmates remain at large.

#btselem, #gaza-strip, #israel, #palestinian-islamic-jihad, #palestinians, #prison-escapes, #prisons-and-prisoners, #terrorism, #west-bank

The New York Times 10:10 pm on September 7, 2021
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A Hole, a Tunnel, a 32-Yard Crawl: Palestinians Still Free After Jailbreak

A huge manhunt has failed to find six Palestinian prisoners who escaped an Israeli jail early on Monday morning.

#fatah-al, #israel, #palestinian-islamic-jihad, #palestinians, #prison-escapes

The New York Times 4:58 pm on September 6, 2021
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Manhunt Underway After 6 Palestinians Escape Israeli Prison

Four of the fugitives had been convicted of terror offenses and were serving at least two life sentences, while legal proceedings continued for the other two.

#bennett-naftali, #israel, #palestinian-islamic-jihad, #palestinians, #prison-escapes

The New York Times 9:19 pm on June 8, 2021
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Emma Coronel Aispuro Set to Plead Guilty to Helping Run Drug Empire

Emma Coronel Aispuro is scheduled to appear in court in Washington on Thursday to admit her role in her husband’s criminal activities.

#coronel-aispuro-emma, #drug-cartels, #federal-bureau-of-investigation, #guzman-loera-joaquin, #mexico, #prison-escapes, #sinaloa-cartel, #united-states-politics-and-government

The New York Times 9:00 am on June 1, 2021
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Breaking Out of Prison With a Ouija Board and Some Clever Tricks

“The Confidence Men,” by Margalit Fox, recounts the elaborate true-life saga of two British officers who escaped from an Ottoman prison camp during World War I by brainwashing and manipulating their captors.

#anatolia, #books-and-literature, #c-w-hill, #e-h-jones, #fox-margalit, #great-britain, #ottoman-empire, #prison-escapes, #prisoners-of-war, #the-confidence-men-how-two-prisoners-of-war-engineered-the-most-remarkable-escape-in-history-book, #turkey, #world-war-i-1914-18

The New York Times 6:31 pm on April 6, 2021
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More Than 1,800 Prisoners Break Out of Jail in Nigeria

Gunmen arrived at a prison in Nigeria’s southeast early Monday morning and let loose all who wanted to flee.

#nigeria, #prison-escapes, #republic-of-biafra, #secession-and-independence-movements

The New York Times 1:56 am on February 26, 2021
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Seven Killed in Haiti Jail Break Attempt

Residents said heavily armed men had shot at prison guards before the inmates began to flee from a prison in Port-au-Prince.

#deaths-fatalities, #port-au-prince-haiti, #prison-escapes

The New York Times 10:16 pm on January 21, 2021
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Six Are Accused of Helping Fugitives Escape From California Jail

The defendants were identified as friends and relatives of six inmates who had escaped from a jail in Merced County this month. Three of the fugitives remain at large, the authorities said.

#barron-jorge-luis, #california, #coronado-gabriel-francis, #fugitives, #leon-manuel-allen, #merced-calif, #merced-county-downtown-jail-calif, #prison-escapes, #rodriguez-andres-nunez-jr, #roman-fabian-cruz, #ventura-edgar-eduardo

The New York Times 4:17 am on January 13, 2021
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One of Six Inmates Who Escaped From California Jail Is Recaptured

Edgar Ventura, 22, was arrested Tuesday “without incident” about 35 miles south of the Merced County Downtown Jail, officials said.

#california, #fugitives, #murders-attempted-murders-and-homicides, #prison-escapes

The New York Times 8:58 pm on January 11, 2021
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Manhunt Underway for Six Escaped California Inmates

The men used a rope made of braided bedsheets to scale the side of a jail.

#barron-jorge-luis, #california, #coronado-gabriel-francis, #fugitives, #leon-manuel-allen, #merced-county-downtown-jail-calif, #prison-escapes, #rodriguez-andres-nunez-jr, #roman-fabian-cruz, #ventura-edgar-eduardo

The New York Times 8:54 pm on December 13, 2020
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Search Continues for 2 Escaped Prisoners in Tennessee

Robert Lee Brown and Christopher Osteen escaped from a state prison in Lake County, Tenn., then kidnapped a man and stole another man’s truck, the authorities said.

#brown-robert-lee, #kidnapping-and-hostages, #mississippi-river, #osteen-christopher, #prison-escapes, #tennessee

The New York Times 12:22 am on October 21, 2020
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Nigerian Forces Fire on Demonstrators Protesting Police Brutality

The toll was unclear, but witnesses said several people were shot during escalating protests in Lagos. The governor said ‘miscreants’ had hijacked mostly peaceful demonstrations.

#buhari-muhammadu, #demonstrations-protests-and-riots, #george-floyd-protests-2020, #nigeria, #police-brutality-misconduct-and-shootings, #police-reform, #prison-escapes

The New York Times 1:01 pm on October 20, 2020
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Peter Madsen, Killer of Kim Wall, Escapes Prison but Is Recaptured

Mr. Madsen fled the Herstedvester Prison near Copenhagen after taking a staff member hostage with what appeared to be a gun, according to local news outlets. He was apprehended a short time later.

#copenhagen-denmark, #denmark, #fugitives, #madsen-peter-1971, #murders-attempted-murders-and-homicides, #prison-escapes, #submarines-and-submersibles, #wall-kim-journalist

The New York Times 7:42 pm on August 9, 2020
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Retired Police Officer Tracks Down Escapee Who Shot Him Almost 50 Years Ago

“It was like unfinished business,” the former Denver officer said of finding the fugitive, who had been living under an alias in New Mexico for decades.

#archuleta-luis, #california, #cinquanta-daril, #denver-colo, #fugitives, #murders-attempted-murders-and-homicides, #prison-escapes

The New York Times 8:46 am on August 3, 2020
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Jailbreak Attack by ISIS Rages On in Eastern Afghanistan

Officials scrambled to recapture hundreds of prisoners after a car bombing at the 1,500-inmate prison in Jalalabad turned into an ongoing gun battle between militants and guards.

#afghan-national-security-forces, #afghanistan-war-2001, #crime-and-criminals, #deaths-fatalities, #ghani-ashraf, #islamic-state-in-iraq-and-syria-isis, #jalalabad-afghanistan, #prison-escapes, #taliban, #terrorism

The New York Times 8:06 pm on August 2, 2020
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Militants Attack Afghan Prison as Brief Cease-Fire Expires

The Islamic State reportedly took responsibility for an assault at a time when releasing insurgents from prisons has become a major issue in the Afghan peace process.

#afghanistan, #afghanistan-war-2001, #islamic-state-in-iraq-and-syria-isis, #jalalabad-afghanistan, #prison-escapes, #taliban

The New York Times 7:46 am on June 19, 2020
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How to Celebrate Juneteenth in N.Y.C.

The virtual events include a poetry performance, meditations, discussions, music and more.

#art, #black-people, #george-floyd-protests-2020, #holidays-and-special-occasions, #juneteenth, #new-york-city, #prison-escapes, #slavery-historical