MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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Leonard Glenn Francis, who is known as Fat Leonard, was taken into custody by Interpol as he was trying to board a flight from Venezuela to Russia.
By Remy Tumin @ NYTimes.com, Sept. 22
A wealthy Malaysian contractor who orchestrated one of the longest-running bribery scandals in the history of the United States Navy has been captured in Venezuela, two weeks after he cut off his ankle monitor and escaped home arrest in San Diego, an Interpol official said Wednesday.
The contractor, Leonard Glenn Francis, who is known as Fat Leonard, was captured by Interpol agents while trying to board a flight to Russia, Carlos Gárate Rondón, the director of Interpol in Venezuela, said on Instagram late Wednesday. Mr. Rondón said Mr. Francis, 57, had entered the country from Mexico with a stopover in Cuba. He was detained at the Simon Bolivar International Airport outside Caracas, the country’s capital.
Omar Castillo, a supervisory deputy U.S. marshal, confirmed the arrest on Thursday. Mr. Francis was captured after the Marshals Service put out a red notice, [.....]