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granted political asylum. The Algerian government confiscated and returned $ 488,000 of the ransom money to US officials. On January 25, 1975, the two hijackers, carrying passports under the names Leavy Forte and Janice Ann Forte, were arrested on illegal entry charges by French police. On April 15, 1975, a French court refused a US extradition request for the pair on grounds the hijacking was a political act. In July 1986, French authorities moved to deport Holder to the US after he completed his sentence for 1984 assault charges. Kerkow went missing, was never extradited, and her whereabouts and status remain unknown.
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fingerprints on the ID card issued by the Portuguese government. Wright spent nearly three weeks in jail, before being released under house arrest. The United States sought his extradition, with the possibility that he would finish the remaining 22 years of his sentence. However, the request was denied on the grounds that Wright is a Portuguese citizen.
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for carrying false U.S. passports. Facing extradition to the United States, the four issued an appeal to the French people on October 11, 1976, claiming that while they were "ready to face the consequences of our act", they could not expect a fair trial in America and "would be condemned to spend the
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In humbleness and all sincerity, I think it would be consistent with the Algerian tradition of struggle and revolution to continue welcoming American revolutionaries ... whether they come to your shores or your airfields, penniless or with millions of dollars. ... To carry out our struggle
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Fugitive Task Force (Detectives Richard Cope and Daniel Klotz) and the New Jersey Department of Corrections Special Investigations Division that introduced cold-case evidence from New Jersey. After locating Wright, the task force confirmed Wright's fingerprints from the New Jersey arrest with the
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May told reporters that two of the hijackers smoked marijuana continuously during the flight, and commented, "They said they were revolutionaries, that America is a decadent society and they didn't want to live here anymore." Upon arrival in Algeria, Melvin McNair had parting words for his pilot:
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Wright was dressed allegedly as a priest and, using the alias the Rev. Larry Darnell Burgess, he smuggled a handgun aboard the flight in a hollowed-out Bible. One passenger described the apparent ringleader as a black man, about 30, wearing a black mohair suit which others described as a clerical
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on June 3, 1972, by Willie Roger Holder, a black Vietnam veteran, and Catherine Marie Kerkow, his white girlfriend. The hijackers claimed they had a bomb in an attaché case and demanded $ 500,000. After allowing all 97 passengers to get off in San Francisco, they flew to Algeria where they were
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This hijacking represented the final test of the Third World nation's commitment to supporting some contingents of the African American freedom movement. At the request of the U.S. government, the Algerian government confiscated and returned the $ 1 million in ransom money to the U.S. After the
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hijackers' calls to have the ransom money restored to them were ignored by the Algerian government, Wright and his associates disappeared. Allegedly, in early 1973, the group traveled by ship to France and lived and worked there with new identities.
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The four were arrested two days later. On December 13, 1962, Wright was indicted on state charges along with his associates. McGhee, as the triggerman, was charged with Patterson's murder and sentenced to a life prison term in February 1963, but was
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was made about the hijacking. According to Mikhael Ganouna, producer of the film, Wright's hijacking accomplice, George Brown, lives in Paris, but isn't worried about being extradited because he has already served his sentence.
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p.m., after serving over 7 years and 6 months of his sentence, Wright joined three inmates and "just walked out" between bed checks from a state prison farm at Leesburg State Prison, now known as the
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from innocent to no contest to the charge of murder, in order to avoid a jury trial that could have resulted in the death penalty. Wright was subsequently sentenced to 15 to 30 years in prison.
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Wright and his associates were briefly taken into custody but were released after a few days. Reportedly, Wright and his group were taken in by the American writer and prominent Black Panther
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outfit. The pilot of the hijacked Detroit-Miami flight, Captain William Harold May, then 41, and a 20-year Delta employee, said Wright was the group's leader.
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rest of our days in infernal prisons". French authorities declined the American extradition request in November 1976, holding the four defendants in
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After the apprehension of his four accomplices, Wright remained the lone hijacker at large. Wright is known to have made his way to France,
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for the liberation of our people, we must have money. Without the money to finance and organize the struggle, there will be no freedom.
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On Wednesday, August 2, 1972, federal complaints of air piracy charges were filed in Miami, naming the five accomplices as defendants.
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Wright, who lived under the name of José Luís Jorge dos Santos, had no known occupation, but allegedly at one point owned a
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to the United States, but the request was denied on the grounds that Wright is a Portuguese citizen.
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government allowed to open an office. Cleaver wrote an open letter to the then Algerian president,
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was made by director Maia Wechsler. Melvin McNair and his wife, Jean, work at an orphanage in
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On Friday, November 23, 1962, the day after Thanksgiving, George Wright, then 19 and from
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of $ 200. They then made their way to the Collingswood Esso filling station on eastbound
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pm, during the second robbery, McGhee fatally wounded Walter Patterson, a 42-year-old
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chicken restaurant, sold items at a stall along a popular tourist beach, worked as a
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in August 1977. Wright, as one of the holdup men, was also charged with murder.
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since the Algerian government had shown compassion towards revolutionaries.
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of a similar incident two months earlier, involving the hijacking of
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at a local bar, and, similarly to Melvin McNair, coached youth in
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On May 26, 1976, Wright's four associates were located in
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Portugal nabs N.J. killer/hijacker on the run since 1970
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Fugitive since 1970 after escape from New Jersey prison
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On August 26, 1970, federal complaints were issued in
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On February 15, 1963, Wright reportedly changed his
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Wanted by the Judicial Authorities of United States
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Apprehension and refused extradition of accomplices
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September 27, 2011 586:'s car to get away. They made their way to 38: 631:Joyce Brown (aka Tillerson), then 31, of 543:-calibre rifle, and McGhee, armed with a 126:5 ft 11 in (180 cm) – 6 ft 1870:People convicted of murder by New Jersey 675:The hijackers, allegedly members of the 635:, accompanied by her 2-year-old daughter 590:, where they became affiliated with the 205:15-30 years (for original murder charge) 1452:. Associated Press. September 29, 2011. 872: 644:Jean Carol Allen McNair, then 25, from 1659:"George Wright: the one that got away" 1486:"US officials knew fugitive in Africa" 1400:"Melvin & Jean: An American Story" 1855:Fugitives wanted by the United States 1657:Finkel, Michael (September 1, 2012). 570:On August 19, 1970, between 10 and 11 7: 1845:Members of the Black Liberation Army 1820:20th-century African-American people 1635:. Associated Press. October 2, 2011. 1633:"US fugitive lived openly in Africa" 1580:"INTERPOL - Kerkow, Catherine Marie" 1488:. 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Index

George Wright (criminal)
George Wright (disambiguation)
Halifax
Virginia
Portuguese-American
Portugal
Conviction(s)
Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution
Murder
Air piracy
Aiding and abetting
Murder
hijacking
kidnapping
New Jersey Department of Corrections
New Jersey
Asbury Park, New Jersey
.22-caliber rifle
Leesburg State Prison
Delta Air Lines Flight 841
Delta Air Lines
Portugal
United States Department of Justice
extradition
Portugal
Halifax, Virginia
East Orange, New Jersey
Asbury Park
Englishtown
Route 33

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