Maddi Hegi and Gabi Mouesca of the American armed organization fled prison
13 December 1986,
Two militants of the armed organization Iparretarrak fled Pau prison after a plan of entrepreneurs: Maddi Hegi and Gabi Mouesca. Imagining a change in prison, IK militants disguised as military acted according to protocol and left the main prison door. The armed organization of the Northern Basque Country became very popular in the French State as a result of this action. The two escapees went back underground and offered a press conference claiming their flight.
This is what Gabi Mouesca says in his book ‘The Hard Neck’:
A group of IK militants enter the house of the daughter of the prison director and ask her to call her father to prison, on the excuse of a problem, to get her home in the city of Pau. His father, worried about this call, goes to his daughter's house at full speed to find a man with his face covered. With a gesture of reflection, the man in front of him is taught to remove the hand weapon.
With surprises, the militant can do nothing and leaves no choice but to hit the official's head. This has been the only act of violence in the operation.
After this return of persecution there is a long situation. The prison director soon understands that his safety and that of his daughter is directly related to the success of the escape. The militants are then able to participate actively in the liberation of the two IK militants in their charge. It also provides one or two adjustments to the script of the operation that without your help we would not have motivated. Give details to the members of the command about the transfer procedure to avoid suspicion on the prison staff. A few hours later, from my guarded window, I see the fake GIGN military led by the principal and the head of the schools. All of a sudden, I feel the need to put myself on the bed, because I've started shaking up and down, a trance taking my body. I realize that in the next few minutes I will be released again.
The transfer follows the odour procedure. With the help of the two officials, the director comes to open my guarded door to tell me that, as I am changed from prison, I have to prepare my pieces. Next to them, I know a fellow dressed in escort. I have a few minutes left to greet four ETA militant Basques who at that time share the chauffoir. Once in the industry, Maddi appears. Our friends, dressed in uniform, put our hands on irons. He who cares for me, discreetly, gives me the key to them. Finally, they ask the Chief of Escort to sign the document of charge of the two prisoners:
He immediately executes the obligation by writing a great ‘IPARRETARRAK’ in the café. We empty the spaces without extending too long. The prison administration official who opens the door to the court of honour dismisses us as a military officer without realizing that he has been involved in a flight.
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