August 25, 2002

5:45 AM

The old switcheroo: "Almost a week after a suspected commando leader from the armed Basque separatist group ETA walked out of a French prison cell, administrators at the jail discovered Thursday that he had been replaced by his brother." Also at CNN, BBC, Libération (and follow-up), and Le Monde.
posted by Mo Nickels (2 comments total)

Ethan, Ismael Berasategui is a Basque separatist, held in the La Sante maximum security prison, Paris, France. Your mission, should you choose to accept it... etc, etc. Best Prison Escape ever.
posted by seanyboy at 5:57 AM on August 25, 2002

Wow. And what are they going to do with the brother now, detain him? What will he be charged with? hehe.
posted by ac at 2:53 PM on August 25, 2002