Joe Black

Joe Black and his family, living and working in Belfast, were enroute to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for participation in a family wedding, when Joe Black was detained and arrested by the FBI and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Officers on Wednesday, July 7, 2004.

The following is an interview with Diane V. Byrnes, Producer and Host of Echoes of Erin, of Pittsburgh radio WEDO with Sean McClorey, Joe’s brother-in-law.

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