Mastermind of JFK airport terror plot schemed to kill witnesses – court documents

A court sketch of Russell deFreitas

The New York Post yesterday said that the Guyanese man convicted of masterminding a plot to blow up fuel pipelines at JFK Airport plotted from behind bars to kill key witnesses against him, according to newly unsealed court documents.

Russell Defreitas, 68, a retired airport baggage handler was last year sentenced to life in prison