Rubio blasts communist Cuban regime as NJ trooper’s killer remains free

On Friday, May 2nd successful 1973, New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster approached a car that had been pulled implicit by constabulary for a breached taillight connected the New Jersey Turnpike.

Inside were 3 equipped members of the extremist Black Liberation Army.

Gunfire erupted, and successful the shoot-out, Officer Foerster was deed 4 times and killed. Now, decades later, the officer's cold-blooded execution is spurring caller calls for justice.

One of the militants successful the car, Joanne Chesimard, has lived a beingness connected the lam. In 1979, she escaped from a New Jersey situation and, successful the decades since, she has been surviving freely successful Cuba.

"She should beryllium serving a beingness sentence," says the existent caput of the authorities police, New Jersey State Police Superintendent Colonel Patrick J. Callahan

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New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster (New Jersey State Police)

"I privation her yesterday, and I person Trooper Foerster's handcuffs acceptable to spell connected her erstwhile she lands connected that tarmac, wherever she is."

There are caller calls to extradite her and the estimated 70 fugitives from U.S. justice, including convicted murderers, hose hijackers and others who proceed to bask harmless haven successful Cuba.

President Donald Trump has called connected the Cuban authorities to cough up Chesimard and the others.

"Return the fugitives from American justice, including the instrumentality of the cop-killer Joanne Chesimard," helium declared successful 2017.  Now the Trump medication is taking tougher measures against Cuba that could yet effect successful the fugitives being backmost connected U.S. soil. In January, the medication slapped caller sanctions connected the Cuban regime, and it is considering tougher actions.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is denouncing the Communist government's extortion of American criminals.

"The Cuban authorities continues to supply harmless haven for terrorists and criminals, including fugitives from the United States," helium said successful a connection to Fox News.

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FBI wanted poster for Joanne Chesimard. (FBI)

"The brutal sidesplitting of New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster volition ne'er beryllium forgotten, and we volition ne'er halt warring for justice."

President Obama normalized relations with the Cuban authorities successful 2015, and portion a fewer fugitives person been returned, terrorists were not among them. In 2018, James R. Ray, a lawyer wanted for execution successful Montclair, New Jersey, was extradited by Cuba backmost to the state. He was convicted and died successful jailhouse portion awaiting sentencing successful 2023.

In his archetypal term, President Trump scrapped the Obama agreements, and helium has since enactment Cuba backmost connected the State Department's database of authorities sponsors of terrorism, which President Biden had removed.

"I recognize it's a sovereign federation and that there's nary extradition policy, but here's idiosyncratic who has murdered a New Jersey State Trooper who lives free, and that conscionable is achy for instrumentality enforcement, not lone successful New Jersey, but crossed the country," says Colonel Callahan. "Anything that I tin bash to bring her backmost to service retired the remainder of her condemnation is what I'm going to do."

Joanne Deborah Chesimard is pictured present successful an undated photo. Chesimard was convicted of sidesplitting a New Jersey authorities trooper 40 years ago. She has been connected the tally since 1979, erstwhile she escaped from a prison, wherever she was serving a beingness term. (AP)

"It's disgusting that immoderate slayer similar this would beryllium conscionable roaming the streets successful Cuba," says Senator Rick Scott, R-Fla. "It makes you mad. It makes you huffy that Cuba harbors these terrorists and these fugitives."

Scott is sponsoring a Senate bill, "The Frank Connor and Trooper Werner Foerster Justice Act," demanding the fugitives' return. Rubio archetypal introduced the authorities earlier helium was named caput of state.

Scott is calling for adjacent stronger measures against the Communist nation.

"We person to marque definite there's nary wealth that goes there. They're intelligibly a authorities sponsor of terrorism," Scott says." Trump did the close happening by putting them backmost on."

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Frank Connor was killed successful the FALN bombing of Manhattan’s Fraunces Tavern successful 1975. Courtesy Joe Connor.  (Joe Connor)

The measure is besides named for different victim, Frank Connor. In 1975, Connor, a New York City banker, was having luncheon successful the historical Fraunces Tavern erstwhile a weaponry exploded, sidesplitting him and 3 others, and wounding much than 50 people. The instrumentality had been planted by the Puerto Rican violent radical "Armed Forces for National Liberation" (FALN), which was liable for a question of violent bombings successful New York City successful the 1970s.

The FALN's main bombmaker, Willie Morales, besides escaped a U.S. situation to find information successful Fidel Castro's Cuba.

"We person convicted terrorists who we bash person the powerfulness to get back," says Connor's son, Joe, who has been successful the forefront of the propulsion to instrumentality the fugitives. He says President Trump tin execute that.

"Trump perfectly tin usage economical power," helium says. "We person these convicted terrorists 90 miles from home, we person the economical leverage connected Cuba to bring them back. Cut the deal, bring these guys back, and past we volition speech astir however we are going to assistance Cuba successful the future."

Four radical were killed, and much than 50 were injured, aft a weaponry exploded successful Fraunces Tavern, successful New York City. The FALN, a Puerto Rican nationalist group, claimed responsibility. (New York Daily News via Getty Images)

"It would truly mean something, that determination is justness for my dad."

In January, Secretary of State Rubio honored Connor and the different Fraunces Tavern victims connected the day of the FALN attack.

"We indispensable besides recommit ourselves to demanding that wanted U.S. fugitives nether the Cuban regime’s extortion beryllium brought to justice. We beryllium the victims and the American radical our unwavering committedness to holding the Cuban authorities accountable."

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy marked the day of Foerster’s execution by saying, "As we grant his memory, our committedness to justness has ne'er wavered. More than fractional a period later, we proceed to prosecute his murderer’s repatriation to New Jersey to look the consequences of her actions."

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Colonel Callahan notes that successful its 104-year history, the authorities constabulary unit has mislaid 78 troopers successful the enactment of duty, but that Foerster’s decease and Chesimard’s state stay "an unfastened wound."

"There’s not a time that goes by that I’m not trying to bash thing astir bringing her backmost here," helium says.

 Fox News Producer Maria Paronich contributed to this story.