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José Jiménez (August 8, 1948 – January 10, 2025), nicknamed Cha Cha, was a Puerto Rican-American political activist and the founder of the Young Lords, a Chicago-based street gang that became a civil and human rights organization. [1] [2] Started on September 23, 1968, it was most active in the late 1960s and 1970s.
Ñetas: a Hispanic (mainly Puerto Rican) gang, founded in Puerto Rico and on the eastern coast of the US. Originally formed in 1970 in the Río Piedras State Penitentiary, Puerto Rico. [17] Fresno Bulldogs: Mexican American street and prison gang.
Puerto Rican people convicted of murder (15 P) Pages in category "Puerto Rican prisoners and detainees" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
Inmates at Red Onion State Prison in Virginia say they are experiencing abuse, neglect and mistreatment. Prisoners sustain self-inflicted third-degree burns, calling out against ‘inhumane ...
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.
The NETA Association (Asociación Pro-Derechos del Confinado, "Association for Prisoners' Rights", Asociación NETA, or simply NETA) is the name of a gang that began in the Puerto Rico prison system and spread to the United States mainland. Although Puerto Rico has many small street gangs claiming its poorer neighborhoods, NETAS is by far the ...
Puerto Rico portal; Note: This category contains the names of notable Puerto Rican men and women or people of Puerto Rican descent who are or were advocates in favor of Puerto Rican independence and who are or were incarcerated and charged as criminals as a direct or indirect result of their political beliefs against Spain and/or the United States.
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]