Souetre had previously been a commando in the French foreign legion, but according to French government military records had been convicted in France of plotting to assassinate the French President DeGaulle and had subsequently escaped from a French prison.
Souetre had previously been a commando in the French foreign legion stationed in Algeria. According to French government military records he was convicted in France of plotting to assassinate the French President DeGaulle and had subsequently escaped from a French prison.