George Wright
Male, Person
1943 –
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Who is George Wright?
George Edward Wright is a Portuguese citizen of American origin who, in 1961, graduated from Mary Bethune High School in Halifax, Virginia. Originally arrested and convicted for murder in 1962 and sentenced to up to 30 years in prison, George Wright escaped from prison in 1970 and hijacked a Delta Air Lines flight in 1972 with a number of accomplices. On September 26, 2011, he was arrested in Portugal. The FBI requested Wright's extradition from Portugal to the United States, but was denied on the grounds that Wright is a Portuguese citizen.
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