Defection
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In politics, a defector is a person who gives up allegiance to one state in exchange for allegiance to another, changing sides in a way that is considered illegitimate by the first state. More broadly
A Soviet Lavochkin La-7 fighter aircraft that crash-landed in Sweden after being flown there by a defecting pilot, May 1949
A memorial to those who died trying to cross the Berlin Wall stood for ten months in 2004 and 2005 near Checkpoint Charlie.
East German border guard Konrad Schumann jumping the border in 1961
Aroldis Chapman
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Albertín Aroldis Chapman de la Cruz is a Cuban-born American professional baseball relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball. He has previously played in MLB for the Cincinnati Re
Defection
…Guillermo Rigondeaux, Cuban professional boxer, who defected to the United States in 2009. Aroldis Chapman, Cuban baseball pitcher, who defected to Andorra in 2009 before signing a Major League Baseball contract in 2010. Ernst Degner, East German Motorcycle…
Chapman with the New York Yankees in 2016
Chapman pitching for the Cincinnati Reds in 2010 spring training
Chapman pitching for the Cincinnati Reds in 2011
Chapman with the Yankees in 2016