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FBI Announces Arrest of Fugitive Norberto Gonzalez-Claudio;
Another Terrorist Being Sought and Living in Cuba AP adds: The 1983 robbery allegedly was carried out by Victor Manuel Gerena, a Wells Fargo driver recruited by the independence group. Authorities say Gerena took two co-workers hostage at gunpoint, handcuffed them and injected them with an unknown substance to temporarily disable them. Members of Los Macheteros allegedly helped spirit the money out of the U.S. Luis Fraticelli, special agent in charge of FBI operations in Puerto Rico, said that Gerena is alive and living in Cuba and that the U.S. still hopes to arrest him. He is one of the FBI's 10 most wanted fugitives.  For Immediate Release May 10, 2011 FBI San Juan Contact: Special Agent Harry Rodriguez (787) 759-1550 SAN JUAN, PR-This morning at approximately 10:30, FBI agents and Police of Puerto Rico officers arrested, without incident, Norberto Gonzalez-Claudio, age 65, in Cayey, Puerto Rico. On August 23, 1985, a federal arrest warrant was issued in Hartford, Connecticut charging Norberto Gonzalez-Claudio with obstruction of commerce by robbery and conspiracy. It is alleged Norberto Gonzalez-Claudio participated in the armed robbery of approximately $7 million from the Wells Fargo Depot in Hartford, Connecticut on September 12, 1983. If convicted on these charges, Norberto Gonzalez-Claudio faces up to approximately 275 years of imprisonment. On March 21, 1986, another federal arrest warrant was issued in New Haven, Connecticut charging Norberto Gonzalez-Claudio with bank robbery, aggravated robbery, theft from interstate shipment, foreign and interstate transportation of stolen money, and conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery. Norberto Gonzalez-Claudio had been a fugitive from justice for the past 25 years. It is believed Norberto Gonzalez-Claudio is a member of the clandestine domestic terrorist organization known as Ejercito Popular Boricua-Los Macheteros, a group which has claimed responsibility for several murders, armed robberies, and terrorist bombings. The public is reminded that an indictment is not evidence of any guilt. A defendant is presumed innocent and entitled to a fair trial. The U.S. government has the burden of proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.  |
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