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Tunnel, prison and mythical escape of 106 Uruguayan guerrillas 50 years on

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Montevideo, Sep 5 (EFE).- Since the confinement in 1971 that deprived more than 100 guerrillas of the National Liberation Movement-Tupamaros (MLN-T) of their freedom, a tunnel contructed by efforts in calculations and rods transformed into drills allowed a historic escape in a key year in recent Uruguayan history. (Camera: RAÚL MARTÍNEZ).B-ROLL OF THE PUNTA CARRETAS NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THE PUNTA CARRETAS PRISON USED TO BE, IN MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY.SOUND BITES: MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL LIBERATION MOVEMENT-TUPAMAROS (MLN-T) JORGE ZABALZA (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATIONS: The important thing was the decision that we all had, the awareness that we had to get out some way because the fight had to continue. That was the point of the escape. We were in jail thinking about what was happening outside, about our comrades that were fighting, with all the news that came to us.

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