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睡眠薬を飲ませ眠った **ところを** 、カツラと服で姿を変え、親子連れを装い密かに遊園地を **抜け出そうとしていた** のだ。

Context: a child was abducted, they made him take a sleeping pill, they
changed his hair and clothes in order to disguise him. Eventually the parents
and the park staff managed to save the child.

  1. ところを: my main issue with this sentence. What does it mean?
  2. 抜け出そうとしていた: could it be here "[they] were about to sneak away"?

ディズニーランド **側** は「最近よく起きている」と説明した。

Also, I noticed in many text this use of 側. Does it mean here something like
"the people of Disneyland", namely the staff?
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Translation: ところを, ようとする, 側
1. and then
  2. Yes

"ディズニーランド側" means Disneyland as a corporation body. It does not identify the
person.
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