Wilbert is a U.S. Navy SEAL who lived in San Diego, and a father of four. It’s been months since his family has been able to see or talk to him, since he has been detained in Venezuela ...

SAN DIEGO — A military contractor who went on the run weeks before his sentencing for orchestrating the “Fat Leonard” corruption scandal was taken into custody in Venezuela, authorities ...

Leonard Glenn "Fat Leonard" Francis, a Malaysian defense contractor who is at the center of one of the biggest bribery scandals in U.S Navy history, has been arrested weeks after being on the run.

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SAN DIEGO — Leonard Glenn Francis, the Malaysian defense contractor known as “Fat Leonard” who fled home arrest in San Diego this month, was arrested Tuesday morning in Venezuela as he was ...

Mastermind of Navy bribery scheme captured in Venezuela after escaping house arrest in San Diego By Josh Campbell and Mary Kay Mallonee, CNN 2 min read Updated 3:23 PM EDT, Thu September 22, 2022 ...

Leonard Glenn Francis, aka “Fat Leonard,” poses for a mugshot after being caught on Sept. 20, 2022, by Interpol in Venezuela. He had fled house arrest in San Diego 16 days earlier, slipping ...

Strained relations between the U.S. and Venezuela mean that the U.S. government has no access to American detainees. “The stories that we have heard from detained Americans, they’re horrific.