Tupac's Godmother Has Become The First Woman On The FBI's Most Wanted Terrorist List

The FBI has added Joanne Deborah Chesimard to the list of most wanted terrorists, and in doing so, added the first woman.


Joanne Chesimard, now known as Assata Shakur, was convicted in 1977 of the murder of 34-year-old state trooper Werner Foerster on the New Jersey Turnpike. After her conviction, she escaped prison in 1979 and fled to Cuba.


She has been suspected of, tried, and acquitted of several felonies, including armed robberies, bank robberies, and execution-style slayings of police officers. She's often named as one of the founders of the Black Liberation Army, and the people who knew her well said she was its "soul."

New Jersey Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa told NBC, “I’m not going to get into exact means. What we’re saying is there’s now $2 million for her safe return to New Jersey that’s available.”

Chesimard is 65 years old, but authorities believe she still "remains an inspiration" to militant separatist movements in the U.S.