SAN DIEGO—Fugitive military contractor Leonard Glenn “Fat Leonard” Francis—who escaped from San Diego house arrest last year after admitting he bribed Navy officials in a wide-ranging corruption scheme—is expected to appear in a Florida federal courtroom Dec. 21 as he is returned to the U.S. from Venezuela as part of a sweeping prisoner exchange.
President Joe Biden said Wednesday that a total of 10 Americans who had been detained in Venezuela were being released as part of the deal, including six “wrongfully detained Americans.”
