WELLINGTON: A US murder suspect who made a dramatic high-seas escape from Tonga after breaking out of custody was arrested in neighboring American Samoa, police said Tuesday.

A Pacific-wide alert was issued for Dean Jay Fletcher last Thursday after he fled the island nation in his yacht pursued by a police launch.

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