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On
November 18, 1978, Congressman Leo J. Ryan was shot
and killed in Guyana, along with four other individuals.
Congressman Ryan was visiting Jonestown, Guyana, for
the purpose of conducting a Congressional inquiry
into the activities of the People's Temple and Reverend
Jim Jones. The FBI investigated his murder under the
code name "RYMUR" and in 1986, Lawrence John Layton
was found guilty in U.S. District Court, Northern
District of California, of several federal violations,
including conspiracy to murder a congressman.
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