order to argue his case. In November 1931, having a strong desire to return to Paris, Belbenoît decided to embark on a boat leading to Le Havre, but was stopped when he arrived at his destination. Belbenoît is charged with violation of his parole and for having violated his judicial control during his release. Belbenoît returns to prison, awaiting trial. On October 14, 1933, Belbenoît was sentenced to 3 years of additional forced labor for his clandestine return to France. He was sent back to Guyana Bagne de Cayenne by the same freighter in the company of Henri Charrière, known as "Papillon". Release, escape and success of "Dry Guillotine" On November 2, 1934 Belbenoît was officially released—but that just meant he became a libéré, a free prisoner who was still not allowed to return to France. He made a living by capturing and selling butterflies and making items out of natural rubber and selling them. During the years of his imprisonment he had lost all his teeth. Belbenoît plans yet another escape. He meets five other convicts, nicknamed: "Bébère", "Dadar", "Cap", "Panama" and "Chiflot" who are also forced to stay in Guyana until the end of their lives. On May 2, 1935, the six ex-convicts escaped; thus managing to escape. Belbenoît and his gang escape from the colony by sea. The six escapees travel for seventeen days in a nineteen-foot boat and then reached Trinidad where the English entrust them with a sinking trawler. The escapees could stay on the island for three weeks and were given new supplies, and even a new boat. On June 10, they continued their trip. Sixteen days later they ran aground on a beach in Colombia, and locals stole their clothing. They reached Santa Marta, Colombia, where a local general fed them, but he also notified the French consul and took them to the local military prison. However, some of the local authorities separated Belbenoît from the others and, with the cooperation of local prison authorities, a sympathetic local newspaperman helped him to escape in April 1936 in exchange for writing about prison conditions. Belbenoît traveled slowly north and stole a number of native canoes to continue his journey. In Panama he spent about seven months with the Kuna tribe and later sold a large collection of butterflies in Panama City. There he also met Preston Rambo, who worked to translate his manuscript into