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Contents 1 Biography assessment rating comment 2 Columbia to Colombia 3 Paragraphs 4 After Papillon 5 El Dorado link incorrect 6 Butterfly tattoo 7 Framed?

[edit] Biography assessment rating comment

The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- Edofedinburgh 01:42, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

The link on El Dorado leads to a disambiguation page that makes no mention of Venezuelan prisons. I very much doubt that this link is correct, but I have no idea what the correct link should be.

Whoops: Google comes up with "the El Dorado colony prison in south eastern Bolivar State", so, it looks like the disambiguation page is incomplete.

[edit] Columbia to Colombia

I changed Columbia (the name of several cities in the US) to Colombia (the name of the South American country). (unsigned comment)

[edit] Paragraphs

Add some paragraphs somewhere maybe? (unsigned comment)

[edit] After Papillon

There's a second book by Henri Charriere called Banco. It mentions that at some stage his crimes in france passed their statute of limitations and he could return. Therefore the last line in this article is incorrect. Perhaps someone could add this data in? 219.73.49.226

[edit] El Dorado link incorrect

Could someone, please, edit the main article to change the link for "El Dorado" from the tale about the missing gold to El Dorado Prison? It won't let me edit the main article. Sbrobin 16:08, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Done! Verne Equinox 15:39, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Butterfly tattoo

I am currently reading Papillon, and in it Charrière claims the tattoo is on his lower back. (unsigned comment)

The butterfly tattoo was on his chest. He had about a half dozen or so. (unsigned comment)

So I conclude there really is no conclusive evidence either way, or is there? Extremely sexy 17:37, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

There is a picture of him with his shirt open on the back cover of the book that I have. It's on his chest. You can see the beginnings of some others, but you can't make them out. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.186.172.75 (talk) 17:52, 29 March 2007 (UTC).

The the article is wrong I suppose? Extremely sexy 18:03, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Framed?

I'm not sure that "framed for the murder of a pimp" is correct. Obviously according to Charrière he was framed but so are most crooks! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ozwebfx (talk • contribs) 12:27, 17 January 2007 (UTC).Ozwebfx 12:28, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Read the news. There seems to be an inordinant number of imprisoned folks who are later found to be innocent. Also, read!!!!!! Read of the prosecutors found to have withheld evidence that indicated a suspect who was found guilty was actually innocent. READ!!!!!! Read of the law enforcement officials from local small-town cop to FBI agents who have been found perjuring themselves in the court room. Placing undue faith in any bureaucracy is a juvenile way of looking at life. 68.13.191.153 05:41, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

I did read. And while he claims innocence, he does not shy away from murder at any time during his imprisonment. Like most cons, he claims innocent, but based on his behavior, it does seem likely that he was guilty as charged. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.186.172.75 (talk) 17:02, 29 March 2007 (UTC).

I changed the bit pertaining to his conviction to reflect that while he was found guilty, he claimed he was innocent. I think this is the fair way to go, since both of these points are verifiable. intooblv 05:28, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Good job, man. Extremely sexy 10:58, 22 March 2007 (UTC)