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JosΓ© Mujica: Prison break to president

During the 1960s and '70s, a militant leftist group emerged in Uruguay called the Tupamaros. Uruguay's former president, JosΓ© Mujica, was a member.

In the 1960s and '70s, JosΓ© Mujica was a leading member of a notorious left-wing militant group in Uruguay called the Tupamaros. He survived multiple bullet wounds, torture, and executed a daring prison escape.

After years held in solitary confinement, Mujica was released from prison in 1985 and entered politics. He became Uruguay’s president in 2009. He speaks to Ben Henderson.

(Photo: JosΓ© Mujica at home in Montevideo. Credit: Ricardo Ceppi/Getty Images)

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