Dwight Worker

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Dwight Worker is an American who escaped from the Lecumberri prison in Mexico City, Mexico.^[1]^[2] He was incarcerated after being convicted of attempting to smuggle cocaine. On December 17, 1975, two years into his 7 year sentence, he walked out of the prison disguised as a woman. He and his wife Barbara later wrote a book, Escape (ISBN 0-913374-76-8), about the experience, and a made-for-TV movie was released in 1980.^[3] In May 2012, the National Geographic show Locked Up Abroad aired an episode about Worker's story.

References

↑ "Ottawa Citizen". 1980-02-16. Retrieved 2012-05-14.
↑ "The Altus Times-Democrat". 1978-04-30. Retrieved 2012-05-14.
↑ "Escape NYTimes". Retrieved 2012-05-14.

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Name	Dwight Worker
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Short description	Prison escapee
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