[DiamondSmiles]

By Wes Venteicher

May 2, 2013, 2:25 p.m.

WASHINGTON, DC – A 65-year-old American woman and member of the Black Liberation Army was added to the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists List Thursday, the first woman to appear on the list.

An organized group of gunmen freed Joanne Chesimard from a New Jersey prison in 1979, where she was serving a life sentence for murder in the shooting death of a state trooper, according to the FBI. Chesimard is now believed to be living in Cuba.

The FBI and the New Jersey State Police Department announced Chesimard’s addition to the list Thursday morning, 40 years after she and two accomplices wielding semiautomatic handguns exchanged fire with police after being pulled over on the New Jersey Turnpike.

Chesimard and Clark Squire were found guilty of murder for shooting Trooper Werner Foerster on the side of the road with his service weapon after he was injured in the initial fire, according to the FBI.

“This crime was always considered an act of domestic terrorism,” Mike Rinaldi, said New Jersey State Police lieutenant and member of the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force in Newark.

The Black Liberation Army was a radical left wing group that killed several police officers in the 1970s.

Chesimard’s escape from prison was, “well planned,” Rinaldi said. “Armed domestic terrorists gained entry into the facility, neutralized the guards, broke her free, and turned her over to a nearby getaway team.”

She surfaced in 1984 in Cuba, where she was granted asylum and where, “her standard of living is higher than most Cubans',” the release states.

In addition to being the only woman on the list, Chesimard is only the second US citizen to be added to the list.

A wanted poster, (below), released by the New Jersey State Police for Joanne Chesimard, who was added to the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists List, making her the first woman to be included. (New Jersey State Police / May 2, 2013)

[Megamel29]

Gender equality! Yeah!

[GregK]

Wow, interesting. She looks like a sweet soulful old black woman

[Bletch]

Didn't know that Cuba was a safe haven for criminals. I hope they catch that murderous cop-killer. Member of Black Guerrilla Family, apparently.

[kellyhound]

it's worth the money to track her down

[Bletch]

Originally Posted by kellyhound ↗

it's worth the money to track her down

Maybe one should try to catch her. Bounty hunting seems to be a lucrative line of work 😉

[DiamondSmiles]

Originally Posted by GregK ↗

Wow, interesting. She looks like a sweet soulful old black woman

That's probably how she evaded capture for so long.

[AmericanIllusions]

Hope this woman dies a free woman. During that time there was an all out war between so called law enforcement and groups that stood up against tyranny on behalf of their community. Before condemning her you'd do much better to get her side of the story instead of being the old stand by sheep that govt depends on you to be. They only do what we allow. Govt isn't always right you know.

[DiamondSmiles]

Originally Posted by kellyhound ↗

it's worth the money to track her down

I was thinking the same thing. That would cover all of my family's bills and most likely myself, for the rest of my life.

I don't need too much. I'd send some to St. Jude's Children's Hospital.

Maybe we should get a posse together.

[Bletch]

Originally Posted by AmericanIllusions ↗

Hope this woman dies a free woman. During that time there was an all out war between so called law enforcement and groups that stood up against tyranny on behalf of their community. Before condemning her you'd do much better to get her side of the story instead of being the old stand by sheep that govt depends on you to be. They only do what we allow. Govt isn't always right you know.

What side of story? in an anarchist viewpoint she is a hero, yes?
Killing a cop execution-style does not give me reason to have sympathies for this hag. Have sympathies for the executed state trooper's family. I hope justice is served ice cold for this "freedom fighter"