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...maximum-security status. Permitted to enter by an inexperienced guard, the foursome -- two of whom wore jackets with CARABINIERI written across the back -- snatched keys from the janitor's office, took one guard hostage, tied up 15 others. They then unlocked the cells of six prisoners, including Felice Maniero, an alleged Mafia boss, and his lieutenant, Sergio Baron, both on trial for drug trafficking and armed robbery. Escaping in two cars through an electronically controlled security gate, the gang dropped off its hostage -- then vanished. Said one Paduan: "They made monkeys out of the police, the prison guards, everyone...
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