Families of Fraunces Tavern Bombing Victims Urge Trump to Push Cuba for Fugitive Extradition

On the 50th anniversary of the 1975 attack, victims' families call for justice as key suspects remain sheltered in Cuba.

The 1975 Fraunces Tavern bombing in Manhattan, carried out by the Puerto Rican nationalist group FALN, killed four people and injured nearly 60 others.
The suspected bomb maker, William Morales, who escaped U.S. custody in 1979, has been living in Cuba since 1988 under the protection of its government.
Victims' families, including Joseph Connor, whose father died in the attack, are pushing for the passage of the Frank Connor and Trooper Werner Foerster Justice Act to pressure Cuba into extraditing Morales and other fugitives.
The Trump administration, with Marco Rubio as Secretary of State, is being urged to maintain Cuba's designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism to increase diplomatic leverage.
This plea for justice comes as families and officials commemorate the attack's 50th anniversary, highlighting the enduring impact of domestic terrorism.