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I Hijacked A Plane To Save My Children

How one member of a left-wing guerrilla group in Brazil fled the country's military dictatorship by taking her kids with her on a hijacked plane to Cuba.

On 4 January 1970 a hijacked plane touched down in Cuba after a dramatic four day journey. The plane, its crew and passengers had been seized on New Year’s Eve by a small group of left-wing guerrillas fighting military rule in Brazil. Mike Lanchin has spoken to one of the hijackers, Marilia Gimaraes, who took her two young children with her.

Photo: Marilia Gimaraes, 2017 (courtesy of the family)

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Thu 4 Jan 2018 08:50GMT
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