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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 28, 2011

Feds Capture 70s-Era Black Nationalist Hijacker

George Wright, 68, was arrested as he walked to a cafe near his home in Portugal on Tuesday. Wright is a convicted killer who escaped from prison in 1970, and resurfaced two years later when he and four other members of the Black Liberation Army commandeered a Delta flight from Detroit to Miami.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 29, 2011

FBI's Age-Processed Photo Depicts Communist Radical who Attacked N.Y. Cop

The age-processed photo, which is based on 1981 booking photos, depicts what Donna Joan Borup could look like in 2011. Borup is wanted for allegedly tossing an acidic substance into the eyes of Port Authority Police Officer Evan Goodstein at a 1981 demonstration.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 10, 2011

Fugitive Siblings Caught In Colorado

The fugitive Dougherty siblings were apprehended in southern Colorado this morning, after leading state patrol officers on a 100mph chase. The Colorado State Patrol confirmed their capture on Twitter.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 9, 2011

Heavily Armed Fugitive Sibling Trio Fired on Officer, Robbed Ga. Bank

Two brothers and their older sister may be hiding in Tennessee, after firing at a Florida police officer and robbing a bank in Georgia. The incident began the morning of Aug. 2, when Zephyrhills (Fla.) Police Officer Kevin Widner attempted to pull over a white Subaru Impreza occupied by the Dougherty siblings.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 2, 2011

Arrested Juarez Kingpin Ordered 1,500 Killings

Jose Antonio Acosta Hernandez, a former police officer known as El Diego, was also wanted in the U.S. for allegedly killing three people connected to the U.S. consulate and orchestrating a car bomb ambush.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 5, 2011

Mexico Captures Zetas Founder Wanted In ICE Agent's Killing

Mexican authorities have captured Jesus Regon Aguilar, one of the three founding members of the Los Zetas drug cartel and a suspect in the killing of a U.S. immigration enforcement agent earlier this year. Jesus Rejon Aguilar, who goes by the alias "El Mamito" (Pretty Boy), was taken into custody on Sunday near Mexico City without a shot being fired.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 22, 2011

FBI Captures Boston Crime Boss 'Whitey' Bulger

Bulger, 81, was captured 17 years after he fled Boston as federal agents were closing in on him. In 1994, agents were on the verge of arresting Bulger in connection with 19 killings, racketeering, and other crimes.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 12, 2009

Pan American Flight 281 Hijacker Arrives in New York to Face Charges

Luis Armando Pena Soltren, who allegedly hijacked Pan American Flight 281 more than 40 years ago, voluntarily returned to New York from Havana, Cuba, to face charges, the FBI announced.

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Inside the Badge by Richard ValdemarJanuary 19, 2009

Searching for an East L.A. Gang Fugitive

Smiley Saenz is no soldier for his barrio. He has brought no glory to his gang, only shame. His brutal murders were cowardly acts of wild uncontrolled violence and his victims are as likely to be women, children, or random citizens as they are gang rivals.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 29, 2008

Fourth New Mexico Jail Escapee Captured, Four Still at Large

Victor Sotelo, the fourth escapee to be captured from Sunday's jailbreak in Clovis, N.M., was apprehended late Thursday night in Albuquerque. "We're four down, four to go," Curry County Undersheriff Wesley Waller said Friday morning. "We're optimistic."

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