George Wright (fugitive), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American criminal, born 1943
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Place of Birth: United States of America, United States
About George Wright (fugitive)
- George Edward Wright (born March 29, 1943) 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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