Fugitive George Wright captured after 41 years
In 1970, a convicted murderer escaped from Bayside State Prison in New Jesery. Two years later, he hijacked a plane to Algeria and disappeared, seemingly forever. More than 40 years later, that fugitive, George Wright has been found in Portugal. Wright was arrested on Monday and faces extradition to the United States. Alison Roberts, Portugal correspondent for the BBC, reports on the latest.
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