Along with three other high-ranking officers.
That's according to Justice Minister Charles Wright, who said they escaped in Conakry in the early hours of Saturday (November 4).
Military vehicles and special forces patrolled the streets of the Guinean capital and searched for the men.
"They will be found wherever they are," Wright said on the radio.
Guinea's borders have been closed to prevent the escapees fleeing the country, he said.
Residents said shots were heard in the Kaloum administrative district, where Camara and others were held at the Central House prison.
They have been on trial since last year.
They're accused of orchestrating a stadium massacre and mass rape by Guinean security forces in which 150 people were killed during a pro-democracy rally on Sept. 28, 2009.
Camara has denied responsibility, blaming the atrocities on errant soldiers.
Guinea is governed by military leader Mamady Doumbouya, who took power in a coup in 2021.
It was one of eight that have occurred West and Central Africa in the last three years.
