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History
The League of Armed Communists and a Flight to Freedom (… Sort Of)
A Nuevo León student group, League of Armed Communists, hijacked a plane in 1972 demanding ransom and release of political prisoners. After a stop in Monterrey, they landed in Cuba and weren't extradited.