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Jacques René Mesrine was born in Clichy, near Paris on 28 December 1936 to a couple of blue-collar origin who had moved up in social class. As a child, he witnessed a massacre of villagers by German soldiers.
Mesrine performed burglaries, jewellery shop and bank robberies, kidnappings and arms smuggling. He also killed many people, and boasted about 39 murders in total. On June 21, 1979 Mesrine kidnapped millionaire Henri Lelièvre and received a ransom of 6 million francs.
Dec 12, 2014 · And that was the end of Jacques Mesrine, France’s public enemy number one. For nearly twenty years, Mesrine had humiliated the country’s judicial system with repeated high-profile bank robberies, murders, and daring prison escapes.
Nov 3, 1979 · PARIS, Nov. 2 (AP) — Jacques Mesrine, a murderer, robber and kidnapper listed as France's most‐wanted criminal, was killed today in a barrage of police gunfire that wounded his mistress.
Mesrine was in the hated high-security wing of the Santé prison in southern Paris at the time. He became one of the first men ever to escape from there the following year. Here is Jacques...
Le premier spectacle qui raconte l’histoire vraie de l’ennemi public numéro 1 : Jacques Mesrine. Dans son livre écrit à la prison de la Santé entre 1973 et 1979, Jacques Mesrine nous raconte son parcours avec une vérité sans compromis - avant de se faire abattre par la police en 1979.
Oct 24, 2008 · Jacques Mesrine, the subject of a double-bill produced by Thomas Langmann and directed by Jean-François Richet, was a notorious gangster of the '60s and '70s who seems to inspire lasting...
