[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 94 (Wednesday, June 5, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3261-S3262]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    SENATE RESOLUTION 232--CALLING FOR THE IMMEDIATE EXTRADITION OR 
EXPULSION TO THE UNITED STATES OF CONVICTED FELONS JOANNE CHESIMARD AND 
WILLIAM MORALES AND ALL OTHER FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE WHO ARE RECEIVING 
 SAFE HAVEN IN CUBA IN ORDER TO ESCAPE PROSECUTION OR CONFINEMENT FOR 
            CRIMINAL OFFENSES COMMITTED IN THE UNITED STATES

  Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and Mr. Rubio) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations:

                              S. Res. 232

       Whereas Joanne Chesimard, one of the most wanted terrorists 
     of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, was convicted of the 
     May 2, 1973, murder of New Jersey State Trooper Werner 
     Foerster;
       Whereas William Morales, leader and chief bomb-maker for 
     the terrorist organization Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion 
     Nacional, committed numerous terrorist attacks on United 
     States soil, including the bombings of Fraunces Tavern in 
     lower Manhattan on January 25, 1975, and the Mobil Oil 
     employment office in New York on August 3, 1977, which killed 
     5 people and injured over 60 others;
       Whereas more than 70 fugitives from the United States, 
     charged with offenses ranging from hijacking to kidnapping to 
     drug offenses to murder, are believed to be receiving safe 
     haven in Cuba;
       Whereas other fugitives from United States justice who are 
     receiving safe haven in Cuba include Charles Hill, wanted for 
     the killing of a State trooper in New Mexico, and Victor 
     Manuel Gerena, on the list of the 10 most wanted fugitives of 
     the Federal Bureau of Investigation for carrying out a brutal 
     robbery of a Wells Fargo armored car in Connecticut;
       Whereas, according to the Treaty Between the United States 
     and Cuba for the Mutual Extradition of Fugitives from 
     Justice, signed at Washington April 6, 1904 (33 Stat. 2265), 
     and the Additional Extradition Treaty Between the United 
     States and Cuba, signed at Havana, January 14, 1926 (44 Stat. 
     2392), the United States has a bilateral extradition treaty 
     with Cuba;
       Whereas, in January 2002, the Government of Cuba deported 
     to the United States Jesse

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     James Bell, a United States fugitive wanted on drug charges;
       Whereas, in March 2002, the Government of Cuba extradited 
     drug trafficker Luis Hernando Gomez Bustamante to Colombia, 
     and Gomez Bustamante was subsequently extradited to the 
     United States in July 2007 to face drug trafficking charges; 
     and
       Whereas it is imperative that the Government of Cuba abide 
     by its extradition treaty with the United States and 
     immediately extradite or expel to the United States those 
     legally indicted or convicted of serious criminal offenses in 
     the United States: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) calls for the immediate extradition or expulsion to the 
     United States of convicted felons Joanne Chesimard and 
     William Morales and all other fugitives from justice who are 
     receiving safe haven in Cuba in order to escape prosecution 
     or confinement for criminal offenses committed in the United 
     States;
       (2) urges the international community to continue to press 
     for the immediate extradition or expulsion of all fugitives 
     from justice who are receiving safe haven in Cuba; and
       (3) calls on the Secretary of State and the Attorney 
     General to continue to press for the immediate extradition or 
     expulsion from Cuba or from any other country of all 
     fugitives from United States justice so that they may be 
     tried and, if convicted, serve out their sentences.

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