Fugitive Arrested After 31 Years

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Thu, 01/27/2011 - 11:55am

A man who fled his trial on drug and racketeering charges in 1979 and eluded police in several different countries while on the run was arrested Thursday at a Florida senior living community, U.S. Marshals said.

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