MEXICO CITY — Six inmates from the last island penal colony in the Americas were recaptured at sea Thursday after they used buoyant containers and wood planks to try to swim to freedom in an escape reminiscent of the 1973 movie “Papillon.”
The Mexican Navy said the inmates used empty plastic gas or water tanks to help stay afloat as they swam about 100 kilometers (60 miles) south of the Islas Marias, a Mexican penal colony where inmates live in small houses and are normally not locked up. Prisoners can tend small gardens and raise food.
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