Assata Shakur, Black Liberation Army Fugitive, Dies in Cuba at 78
Assata Shakur, the Black Liberation Army member long considered one of America’s most wanted fugitives, has died in Cuba at the age of 78, the Cuban Foreign Ministry confirmed Friday.
Born Joanne Chesimard, Shakur passed away Thursday in Havana from complications related to her health and advanced age. She had been living in Cuba under political asylum granted in 1984 by then-leader Fidel Castro.
A central figure in the Black liberation movement, she was convicted for her role in a 1973 New Jersey Turnpike shootout that left State Trooper Werner Foerster dead. Wounded in the exchange, Shakur maintained that she had been targeted by the FBI as part of its campaign against Black militant groups during the 1960s and 70s.
After receiving a life sentence, she escaped from a New Jersey prison in 1979 and lived underground until resurfacing in Cuba. While there, she wrote books, appeared in documentaries, and rejected U.S. efforts to have her extradited.
In 2013, the FBI placed her on its Most Wanted Terrorists list—the first woman to be included—and, together with New Jersey authorities, raised the reward for her capture to $2 million.
Shakur was also the step-aunt and godmother of slain rapper Tupac Shakur, further cementing her cultural and political legacy. Her decades-long asylum in Cuba remained a point of tension in U.S.–Cuba relations, with critics citing her presence as proof that the island sheltered fugitives from American justice.
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