US fugitive's wife: I didn't know about his past

[The Northerner]

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — The wife of captured American fugitive George Wright said her husband told her he escaped from a U.S. jail but never revealed he had been convicted of murder or accused of a dramatic airplane hijacking.

Maria do Rosario Valente said she was shocked to learn about her husband's past after his capture in Portugal last week after 41 years on the lam. She said she thought the jail escape "was just a boast."

"Now I've found out the rest," she told Portugal's TVI television in an interview broadcast late on Sunday.

The U.S. is trying to extradite Wright to serve the remainder of his 15- to 30-year sentence for a 1962 murder in New Jersey. The FBI also says he was part of a Black Liberation Army group that hijacked a U.S. plane to Algeria in 1972.

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[MADem]

1. Yeah, sure. I'll bet she's the Queen of Portugal, too.

I don't believe her. Her father is or was a senior ranking military officer, I have a feeling he knew all, too. Since neither of them worked much, or consistently, I imagine her father had to toss more than a few bucks their way to keep a roof over the grandkids' head.

But hey, can't say I blame her. She's got to live there, she'll want to put the most sympathetic "I was duped" face on her situation.