4 Flee From Prison Aboard Helicopter
From Times Wire Reports
Four prisoners from the leftist Manuel Rodriguez Patriotic Front were whisked off the roof of a high-security Santiago prison by helicopter, authorities said. The convicts climbed a rope ladder dangling from the rented helicopter, which landed in a nearby park where its occupants got into a waiting car, police sources said.
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