For more than 30 years, Greg Lawson had been eluding authorities after shooting another man and being convicted of attempted murder. So he couldn’t help but laugh bitterly as an official handcuffed him to bring him to jail after his capture in southern Mexico this week, according to authorities.

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A Louisiana man who fled his 1991 trial for attempted murder has been arrested more than three decades later after authorities found him hiding in Mexico, authorities said.

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ARCADIA, La. (AP) — The FBI says a Louisiana man who fled his 1991 trial for attempted murder has been arrested more than three decades later after authorities found him hiding in Mexico. Greg Lawson, 63, was brought back to the United States on Thursday after being located in Mexico. Lawson was accused of shooting a man in 1991 in Bienville Parish. Lawson fled the courthouse just as the jury was headed back into the courtroom to return a guilty…

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Louisiana fugitive Greg Lawson, 63, who spent half his life on run was captured in Mexico more than 32 years after he was convicted of attempted murder.

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ARCADIA, La. (AP) — A Louisiana man who fled his 1991 trial for attempted murder has been arrested more than three decades later after authorities found him hiding in Mexico, […]

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A fugitive who spent 32 years on the run laughed when finally caught by the FBI in southern Mexico.

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Fugitive laughs as FBI finally arrest him in Mexico after 32 years on the run

Greg Lawson chuckled as he was handcuffed by police to be taken back to Louisiana, 32 years after he was convicted there for attempted murder. The FBI had suspected he was in Mexico, but a tip earlier this month led to a breakthrough.

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