Luis Armando Peña Soltren pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Tuesday to participating in the 1968 hijacking of a Pan Am flight from New York.

Soltren was taken into custody Sunday at John F. Kennedy Airport, after arriving on a flight from Cuba, where he has been living.

In a statement following his arrest, the United States Attorney’s Office said, “Luis Armando Peña Soltren will finally face the American justice system that he has been evading for more than four decades. The passage of time does not dull our resolve to bring fugitives like Peña Soltren to justice.”

(Source: NY1)