French prisoner who escaped in inmate’s bag detained

A prison guard is passing by inmates in their cells at the Fleury-Merogis prison some 30 kms south of Paris on March 31, 2022. (AFP)
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Updated 14 July 2025
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French prisoner who escaped in inmate’s bag detained

LYON: 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.
The man was arrested while emerging from a cellar early on Monday in Corbas near Lyon, they said, adding that his fellow prisoner accomplice had not yet been arrested.
The prisoner escaped on Friday. He was serving time for murder as part of a criminal gang and breaching a weapons law.