Fugitive George Wright’s Escape Hijacking

In 1962, authorities sent a New Jersey man named George Wright to prison for his involvement in a murder. In 1970, he escaped, hijacked a plane, took a large ransom, and flew to Algeria. Forty years later, Portugal caught him as a fugitive, but refused to extradite him to the U.S., claiming he was now a Portuguese citizen. He remains a free man (as of 2024).

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