Lisbon, Portugal, (ap)-American fugitive openly hijacked planes in the 1970 s living in African countries public guinea Bissau in the 1980 s, according to his real name, a former U.S. ambassador said Thursday.
Retired guinea Bissau ambassador John black told the Associated Press, the embassy said that George Wright-capture in Portugal this week-but don't know he is a fugitive.
He said, the embassy officials will take action, if they knew Wright has from prison escape and service time was wanted for murder, 1972 by his American, diverted to the American plane to Algeria's militant group hijacked.
"If we received this cable, we will have to respond, said:", he added, said he heard Wright detention in Portugal after the news on Monday, dumbfounded.
With white his own name, and in guinea Bissau and blackened remember wright-phillips society meeting black ambassador from 1986 to 1989 years of former Portuguese colony.
From guinea Bissau, he retired telephone interview, "added," this is a huge surprise my kind, murder and other everything. "No one thought that he was a murderer, of course we don't know him, he is like an ordinary people seem not to in all radical."
Black don't remember what kind of work in guinea Bisseau Wright, a tiny west African country of the Atlantic ocean. He said he remembered the Portuguese wright-phillips wife better, because she served as the translation work U.S. embassy or a guinea Bissau trade and investment project, he introduced in 1993.
"He called George Wright, its strange here, (the United States officials) never tracking him here," said blackened.
Wright-phillips has lived at least in the past twenty years, Portugal and guinea Bissau listed as his country's AP see his Portuguese residence card copy.
A woman replied in Lisbon guinea Bissau embassy phone, said no one comment on whether wright-phillips for citizens from African countries.
Wright in 1962 years of gas station boss walter patterson, a decoration world during world war ii in New Jersey to wall, in his business robbery veteran moves murder convicted.
For eight years, to 15-30 years in prison, green sand in the from of greensburg, New Jersey, on August 19, 1970, state prison escaped white and three other men. During the operation, the federal bureau of investigation (FBI) said, white joined a underground armed groups, the black liberation army, several members of the group in Detroit and live in the community family.
In 1972, Wright-dressed as a priest and use alias-was accused of hijacked from Detroit delta and the other four black liberation army members and three children, including wright-phillips companion and their 2 year old daughter together to Miami flight.
Police said that the hijackers panther groups determined for their passengers.
The hijackers in the plane of the 86 other passengers for 1 million dollars in ransom after release of exchange was forced to fly to Boston, and then to the Algerian, the hijackers to seek asylum.
In the United States government requirements, Algeria officials returned to the United States aircraft and money, briefly detained, and then allow them to stay in the hijackers.
Wright and the group by boat to Europe, Algeria in late 1972 or early 1973, in France, where they get to work and live in settled in 2010, together Ganouna documentary producer mikhail said, "no one know my name" hijacked.
But with his girlfriend after break up, leave the group, and Wright Ganouna said, no one know him to the place. White affiliated companies were then traced, arrested, and in 1976 founded in Paris. However, the French government refused extradition to the United States will they
Wright is, the Portuguese capital, waiting for extradition hearing held. He asked to be released and the extradition process to move forward in court is considering his handling, request, according to U.S. officials.
In Lisbon superior court deals with the United States, the request for extradition cases and refused to provide relevant documents, or the name of the Wright lawyer AP.
According to Portuguese law, only to access files directly involved. At trial is limited to the parties concerned, unless the judge give the exception.
If the court agreed to the request for extradition, wright-phillips can to Portugal Supreme Court, then appeal to the constitutional court, this process may last a few months.
Du said, he didn't remember whether the American embassy and guinea Bissau registration Wright in the 1980 s, and have no knowledge, whether wright-phillips made guinea Bissau-but it can't nationality has been trying to do so.
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