Posted on Thursday, 05.02.13
FBI in NJ to announce Cuba fugitive case details
The Associated Press
NEWARK, N.J. -- The decades-old international case of a convicted cop
killer is getting new attention in New Jersey.
The FBI is scheduled to make an announcement Thursday regarding Joanne
Chesimard. She's has been on the run since escaping from a New Jersey
prison in 1979.
Chesimard was serving a life term for killing a New Jersey state trooper
in 1973 when she fled to Cuba. She has lived there under the name Assata
Shakur.
The U.S. Justice Department has offered a $1 million reward for her capture.
Chilly relations between the countries have made Cuba a haven for
fugitives, but the climate is changing. Just last month, a Florida
couple who sailed to Cuba was returned to the U.S. and accused of
kidnapping their two young children from the boys' grandparents.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/02/3376138/fbi-in-nj-to-announce-cuba-fugitive.html#storylink=misearch
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