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Cuba deal ‘burns bridge’ to convicted cop killer’s return, N.J. State Police head says

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By S.P. Sullivan | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
on January 19, 2017 at 5:43 PM

TRENTON — The head of the New Jersey State Police on Thursday decried a deal struck between the United States and Cuba because it did not require the return of convicted cop killer Joanne Chesimard.

Earlier this week, the White House announced an agreement on law enforcement cooperation with Cuba, part of President Barack Obama’s effort to normalize relations between the two countries.

The Associated Press reported the State Department and Cuba’s Interior Ministry agreed to share information on international criminal activity including human trafficking and terrorism.

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Rep. Scott Garret Leads Formal Call on Obama to Address Extradition of cop-killer Joanne Chesimard and terrorist William Morales

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Feb 26, 2016
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Ridgewood NJ,  Rep. Scott Garrett (NJ-05) today formally called upon President Obama to request the extradition of cop-killer Joanne Chesimard and terrorist William Morales during his upcoming visit to Cuba. These murderous fugitives have been living freely in Cuba and were granted protection by the Castro regime who has refused to extradite them. To date, the Obama Administration has not addressed the extradition of these convicted murderers as a condition of normalizing relations with Cuba and the Castro regime. Garrett was joined on the letter by Rep. Peter King (NY-02) and Rep. Leonard Lance (NJ-07).

“Over a year ago, your administration announced the reopening of diplomatic channels with Cuba,” said the Congressmen in the letter. “Since then, your administration has continued to take steps towards normalizing relations by relaxing trade restrictions, reopening embassies, and re-establishing scheduled air services. On February 18th your administration announced your trip this March to Cuba citing the significant progress made by normalizing relations. However, we fail to see any progress in extraditing the fugitives like Joanne Chesimard and William Morales, nor any improvement in the treatment of the Cuban people by their government.”

Murderers Living Freely in Cuba:

Joanne Chesimard, also known as Assata Shakur, was convicted of murder of a law enforcement officer, and sentenced to life in prison in 1977. In 1973, New Jersey State Troopers Werner Foerster and James Harper made a routine traffic stop on the New Jersey Turnpike. When the troopers asked the vehicle’s driver to exit the car, one of the passengers, Joanne Chesimard, pulled out a gun and began shooting. During the ensuing firefight, Foerster was hit twice in the chest and Harper once in the shoulder. The injured Foerster was then shot twice in the head—execution style—with his own sidearm.

William Morales was sentenced to ninety-nine years in prison for his participation in the terrorist organization Fuerzas Armadas de Liberaciόn Nacional Puertorriqueña (FALN). William Morales was a chief bomb maker for FALN, and he was linked to the 1975 bombing of Fraunces Tavern in New York City, an attack that killed four people and injured sixty others

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Scott Garrett: Cuba Should Not Be Removed from Terrorist Sponsor List

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Apr 14, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Scott Garrett (NJ-05) today issued the following statement after President Obama announced that he will remove Cuba from the state sponsors of terrorism list:

“For over half a century, the Castro regime in Cuba has violently oppressed their people under a totalitarian regime, aided anti-American insurgencies, illegally shipped weapons, and continues to harbor murderers and terrorists.  Today’s announcement by the Obama Administration that they will remove Cuba from the state sponsors of terrorism list is misguided, dangerous, and offensive to the families who have been torn apart because of Cuba’s active participation in terrorist activities.  The Castro regime has refused to make a single concession or good faith effort to change the way they treat their people or denounce their history of terrorism.  There is no proof that Cuba is no longer a hostile threat to the interests and security of the United States.”

Garrett has been a longtime critic of the Cuban regime and has repeatedly called on their government to extradite New Jersey cop-killer Joanne Chesimard and terrorist William Morales so they can face justice for their crimes.

 

NJ.com – N.J. lawmakers urge no funding for Cuban relations until Chesimard is returned to U.S.
The Express-Times – Lawmakers lambaste Cuba’s decision to protect N.J. cop-killer Joanne Chesimard
Miami Herald – Hiding in Cuba, fugitive Joanne Chesimard remains a terrorist thug

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Christie to Obama: Demand Cuba return cop killer Joanne Chesimard

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Christie to Obama: Demand Cuba return cop killer Joanne Chesimard

DECEMBER 21, 2014, 1:03 PM    LAST UPDATED: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2014, 11:16 PM
BY CARLA BARANAUCKAS
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD

Governor Christie is urging President Obama to delay reestablishment of diplomatic relations with Cuba until a convicted cop-killer who has been granted asylum by the Cuban government is returned to New Jersey.

On Wednesday, Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro announced the thaw between the two countries.

In a letter dated Friday, Christie said, “The Cuban government has been providing safe haven to convicted murderer Joanne Chesimard, a woman designated by the [FBI] as a domestic terrorist and the first woman ever placed on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorist List.”

In 1977, Chesimard was convicted of murder in the 1973 killing of New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster. She was sentenced to life in prison, escaped in 1979 and made her way to Cuba.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/christie-to-obama-demand-cuba-return-cop-killer-joanne-chesimard-1.1173513