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Other articles where Leo Ryan is discussed: Jim Jones: Leo Ryan of California arrived in Guyana with a group of reporters and relatives of cultists to conduct an unofficial investigation of alleged abuses. Four days later, as Ryan’s party and 14 defectors from the cult prepared to leave from an airstrip near Jonestown, Jones…
Oct 27, 2017 · Americans are accustomed to thinking, or at least feeling, that Leo Ryan’s trip to Jonestown in November 1978 was a defeat for the congressman. Commentaries on the video footage of the ambush at Port Kaituma never fail to mention that the California Democrat was murdered by Peoples Temple gunmen.
Leo Joseph Ryan, Jr. (5 de maio de 1925 – 18 de novembro de 1978) foi um político norte-americano do Partido Democrata. Foi deputado federal pela Califórnia de 1973 até seu assassinato na Guiana pelos membros do Peoples Temple pouco antes do massacre de Jonestown em 1978.
1943–1946. Leo Joseph Ryan Jr. (May 5, 1925 – November 18, 1978) was an American teacher and politician. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He was the U.S. Representative from California's 11th congressional district from 1973 until his assassination as one of the victims of the Jonestown massacre in 1978.
Oct 18, 2022 · Leo Ryan. Leo Joseph Ryan, Jr. ( 5 May 1925 – 18 November 1978) was an American teacher and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the U.S. representative from California's 11th congressional district from 1973 until his assassination during the Jonestown massacre in 1978. Before that, he served in the California State ...
Oct 18, 2010 · Leo Ryan of California traveled to Guyana in November 1978 with a media crew and a handful of cultist relatives to investigate rumors that people were being held there against their will. Jones ...
Nov 22, 2023 · Leo Ryan’s success in exposing Jones was no accident. The son of two journalists, the 53-year-old congressman had developed a rare expertise in investigating prisons. In all, he had investigated ...
