WAS COLOMBIA JAILBIRDS FLY The security forces in southern Colombia are searching for more than three hundred inmates who escaped during an attack on a prison by hundreds of left-wing rebels.

Police and army units joined the search around the town of Popayanfor the escapers, who include mass murderers, bank robbers and drugs-traffickers.

Officials say the raid on the San Isidoro jailwas carried out by members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia; it's believed to be the biggest prison escape in Colombian history.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service
 

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