Lima, April 22, 2025 (AFP) - Peruvian John Kennedy stages dramatic jailbreak

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2025-04-23

A 22-year-old thief named for the late John F. Kennedy has caused an uproar in Peru by escaping from prison, shouting out thanks to God as he dashed to freedom, according to video footage that has gone viral. John Kennedy Javier Sebastian had been one of 10,000 inmates at Lima's Lurigancho prison -- Peru's most crowded, and built to hold 2,500. On Monday night, he managed to escape from his cell, then climb over a perimeter fence and the outer wa......

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