Les Gleadell

Gleadell kept the UK government in London updated via telegram and after two days, the hijackers agreed to release the hostages and in return were deported to Argentina for trial (as they did not recognise the British authorities on the islands).[1] Gleadell was praised for his handling of the hijacking and was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II at the 1967 New Year Honours.However, his involvement in the incident made him infamous in Argentine and he was pursued by the Argentina press in 1967 during a trip to Montevideo, where he had travelled for surgery to remove an ulcer.A few years later, whilst part of a trade delegation to mainland South America, a warrant was issued for his arrest in Tierra del Fuego on charges of 'deprivation of freedom, public intimidation, rebellion and theft', forcing him to return to the Falklands via Chile.[1] Fearing for his children's safety (who were due to be educated in Argentina),[2] in 1972 Gleadell and his family left the Falklands and emigrated to New Zealand, where he took up work as an accountant for a hardware store.
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