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'''Eleuterio Sánchez Rodríguez''' (born 1942), known as '''El Lute''', was at one time listed as Spain's "Most Wanted" criminal. He was a legendary [[Spain|Spanish]] outlaw who escaped several times from prison after being convicted and sentenced at age 23 to 30 years for murder. While in prison, he learned to read, earned a law degree, and became a writer, continuing to protest his innocence of the charges. He was pardoned and released on June 20, 1981, at the age of 39.
== Marriage and family ==
Sánchez married twice and was divorced twice.
== Books ==
*''Camina o revienta'' (''Forge on or Die'') (1977), published while he was in prison.
*''Manana sere libre'' (''Dawn of freedom'') (1979)
*''Una pluma entre rejas'' (''A pen behind bars'') (1981)
== Legacy ==
* In 1979, Eleuterio Sánchez's story was the subject of a hit single "[[El Lute / Gotta Go Home|El Lute]]" by [[Boney M.]] from the album ''[[Oceans of Fantasy]]''.
* Sánchez was the subject of two films by [[Vicente Aranda]] (three chapters in the TV version)
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'''Eleuterio Sánchez Rodríguez''' (born 1942), known as '''El Lute''', was at one time listed as Spain's "Most Wanted" criminal. He was a legendary [[Spain|Spanish]] outlaw who escaped several times from prison after being convicted and sentenced at age 23 to 30 years for murder. While in prison, he learned to read, earned a law degree, and became a writer, continuing to protest his innocence of the charges. He was pardoned and released on June 20, 1981, at the age of 39.
== Marriage and family ==
Sánchez married twice and was divorced twice.
== Books ==
*''Camina o revienta'' (''Forge on or Die'') (1977), published while he was in prison.
*''Manana sere libre'' (''Dawn of freedom'') (1979)
*''Una pluma entre rejas'' (''A pen behind bars'') (1981)
== Legacy ==
* In 1979, Eleuterio Sánchez's story was the subject of a hit single "[[El Lute / Gotta Go Home|El Lute]]" by [[Boney M.]] from the album ''[[Oceans of Fantasy]]''.
* Sánchez was the subject of two films by [[Vicente Aranda]] (three chapters in the TV version)
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