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French Prisoner Who Escaped in Inmate's Bag Recaptured

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A 20-year-old French prisoner who escaped last week in the luggage of his fellow inmate when he was released was arrested Monday near the eastern city of Lyon, prosecutors said.

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The twenty-year-old hid in a laundry bag.

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The alleged accomplice of the detainee Elyazid A. was arrested in Marseilles on Monday evening and placed in police custody, said the Lyon Public Prosecutor's Office.

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On Friday 11 July, Elyazid A. escaped from Lyon-Corbas prison by hiding himself in the bag of his fellow prisoner, released after serving his sentence. The fugitive, 20 years old, is being prosecuted for murder in organized gangs and several offences related to the carrying of weapons. The man was arrested in Sathonay-Camp on Monday 14 July. The investigators spotted him through video surveillance and telephone taps. The prison administration op…

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He was 27 hours ahead but did not go far. Above all, he was quickly spotted. The one whom he nicknamed "Joker", escaped from Corbas prison on Friday at noon, was picked up in the early morning, this Monday, in Sathonay-Camp.

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Lyonmag.com broke the news in on Sunday, July 13, 2025.
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