Dwight Worker is an American who escaped from the Lecumberri prison in

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. 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'' (), about the experience, and a made-for-TV movie was released in 1980. In May 2012, the National Geographic show '' Locked Up Abroad'' aired an episode (season 07 episode 07) about Worker's story.

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