Jacques Mesrine

Type: Person

Name: Jacques Mesrine

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 2 reports

France’s enemy number one: Armed robber on the run after spectacular jail break

REDOINE Faid has finally achieved the star billing that he has craved all his life. He is France’s “public enemy number one”.As a young delinquent in a troubled suburb north of Paris, Faid took his inspiration, and modus operandi, from American gangster ... [Published Irish Independent - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: Jacques Mesrine, prison, Crime, France

First reported Apr 15 2013 - Updated Apr 16 2013 - 4 reports

International hunt for French gangster

(CNN) -- Redoine Faid fashioned himself as a modern-day gangster. He thought big -- getting inspiration from the movies, as when he wore a hockey mask like Robert DeNiro's character in "Heat" -- and acted audaciously, attacking armored trucks among other ... [Published CNN - Apr 16 2013]

Entities: Jacques Mesrine, Christiane Taubira, Lille (France), prison

First reported Apr 15 2013 - Updated Apr 15 2013 - 3 reports

Is France’s Jail Breaker Redoine Faid France's New Outlaw Folk Hero?

International police are on the lookout for Redoine Faid, an armed robber whose daring escape from a French prison has triggered comparisons with the criminal exploits of France's most infamous gangster, Jacques Mesrine.The Interpol have issued an arrest ... [Published International Business Times UK - Apr 15 2013]

Entities: Jacques Mesrine, France, prison, Criminal

First reported Apr 15 2013 - Updated Apr 15 2013 - 1 reports

French gangster escapes after blasting out of pris...

A notorious French gangster is back on the loose after a brazen, movie-like escape from a north France prison using explosives and hostages.“It happened very quickly, it was clearly very well organized, we are still busy putting the facts together,” an ... [Published New York Daily News - Apr 15 2013]

Entities: prison, Robbery, Lille (France), Jacques Mesrine, Hostage

First reported Apr 14 2013 - Updated Apr 14 2013 - 6 reports

INTERPOL International Criminal Police Organization

26 countries search for escaped French gangster

(CNN) -- The brazen escape of a notorious gangster in France may be due partly to a problem plaguing the prison that couldn't hold him: overcrowding.There is a clear "overpopulation problem in the Sequedin prison and this hinders the job of guarding prisoners," ... [Published CNN - Apr 14 2013]

Entities: Jacques Mesrine, INTERPOL International Criminal Police Organiza..., prison, Christiane Taubira

First reported Apr 14 2013 - Updated Apr 14 2013 - 1 reports

Manhunt for French gangster who used gun, explosives to escape prison

Entities: prison, Jacques Mesrine, Christiane Taubira, Lille (France)

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