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Two inmates accused of violent crimes, including second-degree attempted murder, are on the run after escaping from a southwestern Louisiana jail this week by removing pieces of a wall and using sheets to scale another wall, officials said. A third inmate who joined in the breakout killed himself after he was tracked down.

It was the latest bold jail escape in Louisiana. Earlier this year, 10 inmates broke out of a New Orleans jail after crawling through a hole behind a toilet. It wasn’t until five months later — following the discovery of the escape crime scene with a message that read “To Easy LoL,” finger-pointing by officials as to who was to blame for the audacious escape, and a search that spanned multiple states — that all 10 inmates were recaptured.

Three inmates

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