Yousef Mohamed Lehrech, alias El Pastilla, escaped from Madrid's Alcalá-Meco prison on December 23. He was arrested a month and two days later in Germany.

Agents of the National Police transferred him this Wednesday from the European country to Madrid on a flight that landed around three in the afternoon at the Adolfo Suárez-Barajas Airport from Frankfurt. The images released by the Ministry of the Interior show the strong security device deployed upon his arrival. He became the 22nd escapee registered in Spanish prisons since 2003, according to the Spanish Prison Service. The escape of El Pastillas caused several prison officials to be filed to clarify alleged responsibilities for the bizarre escape. Supposedly, the escapee mingled with people who were going to visit other inmates to go unnoticed and, after finding a portcullis open, walk out calmly through the main door of the prison without anyone giving him a stop. The testimonies of the faithful at a Cologne mosque where he attended and the images from a security camera near this temple were key to locating him.