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The next morning in Puerto Rico, the Insular Police raided the home of Pedro Albizu Campos, president of the Nationalist Party, with guns and tear gas. Under the command of the Chief of Police of Puerto Rico, Salvador T. Roig, they fired into Campos' home from the roof of a Pentecostal Church and from a boarding house which faced the home. They ...
Lolita Lebrón (November 19, 1919 – August 1, 2010) was a Puerto Rican nationalist who was convicted of aggravated assault and other crimes after carrying out an armed attack on the United States Capitol in 1954, which resulted in the wounding of five members of the United States Congress.
Adolfo Matos is a Puerto Rican member of the FALN (a group which fought for Puerto Rican independence during the 1970s) who received a sentence of 70 years for seditious conspiracy and other charges. [1] He was sentenced on February 18, 1981, and incarcerated in a U.S. federal prison.
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Carlos Alberto Torres (born September 19, 1952) is a militant Puerto Rican nationalist. [1] He was convicted and sentenced to 78 years in a U.S. federal prison for seditious conspiracy, conspiring to use force against the lawful authority of the United States. [2] He served 30 years and was released on parole on July 26, 2010. [3]
Luis Rosa is a Puerto Rican nationalist [1] [2] [3] and member of the FALN who received a sentence of 75 years for seditious conspiracy and related charges. [3] He was sentenced on 18 February 1981 and subsequently incarcerated in a U.S. federal prison.
Alejandrina Torres was born in San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico [3] in 1939 and grew up in New York City. Her family emigrated to the United States when she was 11 years old. During the 1960s and 1970s, she was a leader in her community.
Edwin Cortes was a Puerto Rican nationalist [1] and member of the FALN who received a sentence of 35 years [2] for seditious conspiracy and other charges. He was sentenced on October 5, 1985, and incarcerated in a U.S. federal prison.