AP Exclusive: US fugitive hid in Portugal hamlet (AP)

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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110928/ap_on_re_eu/hijacker_fugitive_captured"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110928/capt.062d4c19b40148f6b9e7aa5fc66953cc-062d4c19b40148f6b9e7aa5fc66953cc-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=ShQbpjGU.rMtqy2DXC0gTg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A woman who said she was Maria Do Rosario Valente, the wife of fugitive George Wright is seen outside the house where neighbors said Wright lived in Almocagema, near Lisbon Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011. Wright was arrested Sept. 26, 2011 by Portuguese authorities at the request of the U.S. government after more than 40 years as a fugitive, authorities said. The FBI says Wright, who escaped the Bayside State Prison in Leesburg, N.J., in 1970, became affiliated with the Black Liberation Army and in 1972 he and his associates hijacked a Delta flight from Detroit to Miami. After releasing the passengers in exchange for a $1 million ransom, the hijackers forced the plane to fly to Boston, then on to Algeria. (AP Photo/ Francisco Seco)" border="0" /></a>AP - A 1970s militant who carried out one of the most brazen hijackings in U.S. history lived for decades in an idyllic Portuguese hamlet near a stunning beach with his Portuguese wife and two children, his neighbors said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>

 

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