A resolution 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.

III 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. RES. 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. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JUNE 5, 2019 Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and Mr. RUBIO) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations RESOLUTION 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 com- mitted in the United States. Whereas Joanne Chesimard, one of the most wanted terror- ists 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 Liberacio´n Nacional, committed numerous terrorist at- VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:48 Jun 06, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\SR232.IS SR232 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •SRES 232 IS tacks 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 kidnap- ping to drug offenses to murder, are believed to be receiv- ing 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 Vic- tor Manuel Gerena, on the list of the 10 most wanted fu- gitives of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for car- rying 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 bilat- eral extradition treaty with Cuba; Whereas, in January 2002, the Government of Cuba deported to the United States Jesse 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 Co- lombia, and Gomez Bustamante was subsequently extra- dited to the United States in July 2007 to face drug traf- ficking charges; and VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:48 Jun 06, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\SR232.IS SR232 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •SRES 232 IS Whereas it is imperative that the Government of Cuba abide by its extradition treaty with the United States and im- mediately extradite or expel to the United States those le- gally indicted or convicted of serious criminal offenses in the United States: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Senate— 1 (1) calls for the immediate extradition or expul- 2 sion to the United States of convicted felons Joanne 3 Chesimard and William Morales and all other fugi- 4 tives from justice who are receiving safe haven in 5 Cuba in order to escape prosecution or confinement 6 for criminal offenses committed in the United 7 States; 8 (2) urges the international community to con- 9 tinue to press for the immediate extradition or ex- 10 pulsion of all fugitives from justice who are receiving 11 safe haven in Cuba; and 12 (3) calls on the Secretary of State and the At- 13 torney General to continue to press for the imme- 14 diate extradition or expulsion from Cuba or from 15 any other country of all fugitives from United States 16 justice so that they may be tried and, if convicted, 17 serve out their sentences. 18 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:48 Jun 06, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\SR232.IS SR232 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS