STATEMENT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL ASHCROFT ON THE CAPTURE OF SYMBIONESE LIBERATION ARMY FUGITIVE JAMES KILGORE

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General John Ashcroft today issued the following statement on the arrest of Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) fugitive James William Kilgore in South Africa:

"I commend the work of the FBI and federal prosecutors in San Francisco in securing today's arrest in South Africa. Through excellent investigative work and the cooperation and assistance of our colleagues in South Africa, James Kilgore will face justice in the United States for crimes committed more than 25 years ago.

Today's arrest shows that the Justice Department will pursue cases against terrorists and violent criminal offenders, no matter how long it takes. Terrorists can run and they can try to hide overseas. But in the end, we will find them and bring them to justice."

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