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Tuesday, February 26, 2008 Primera Hora
Associated Press
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Puerto Rican Avelino González Claudio was extradited today to Hartford, Connecticut, according to the Tuesday report of Hilton Fernández Diamante, spokesperson for the Committee of Friends and Family.
The accused, who was a fugitive for 22 years, was arrested three weeks ago for supposedly participating in the theft [...]

On Monday March 3rd, 2008, a special year-long celebration will be launched entitled “Jornada 100 X 35.” The title not only symbolizes the dimensions of the island of Puerto Rico—100 miles by 35 miles— but also pays homage to the life and legacy of Puerto Rican patriot and National Poet Juan Antonio Corretjer on his [...]

Toronto man accused in ‘69 cop shooting pleads guilty
Fugitive will donate $250,000 to police aid fund, serve 30 days
By Kristen Kridel | Tribune reporter
1:43 PM CST, February 22, 2008
A man who shot a Chicago police officer in 1969 and fled to Canada where he lived for more than 30 years will serve minimal jail time [...]

Chicago Indymedia
“This act of civil disobedience by an undocumented mother today is a proclamation of the ‘State of the Latino Nation.’”
Following in the footsteps of her friend Elvira Arellano, Flor Crisotomo announced today that she will refuse to report for deportation as ordered by Homeland Security and will take sanctuary in Adalberto United Methodist [...]

Bail denied to presumed Machetero Avelino González Claudio: Judge orders immediate transfer to Connecticut
By Daniel Rivera Vargas
February 21, 2008
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Federal magistrate Marcos López denied bail to presumed Machetero Avelino González Claudio and ordered his immediate transfer to Connecticut, the place where he will be tried for the robbery of an [...]

Written by Perla Franco / Claridad
February 14 to 20, 2008
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With an image totally different from the one the FBI had created on the computer as part of its propaganda “Wanted by the FBI,” independentist Avelino González Claudio was brought in chains last Monday, February 11, before federal magistrate Marcos [...]

Héctor L. Pesquera Sevillano
Physician
February 16, 2008 El Nuevo Día
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The mobilization of more than two hundred FBI agents in September of 2005 for the assassination of Filiberto Ojeda Ríos; the searches of homes and offices of independentists by commandos of this agency in February of 2006; the subpoenas of young independentists [...]

Victory for NBHRN and Puerto Rican people:
Puerto Rican Political Prisoner Oscar López Rivera transferred to medium security prison
After 27 years in maximum and super-maximum security prisons, today, Wednesday, February 13, 2008, Puerto Rican political prisoner Oscar López Rivera was moved to a medium security prison. This is a result of his excellent record in [...]

By Marta Rodríguez (Spanish follows)
On February 11 of 2008 at 3:00PM, hundreds of Puerto Rican independence activists congregated in front of the occupation “Federal” court in Hato Rey Puerto Rico. They gathered to express support for Avelino González Claudio, a Puerto Rican independence fighter detained by the FBI on February 7 of 2008.
Avelino’s detention is [...]

By Daniel Rivera Vargas
February 11, 2008 El Nuevo Día
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Magistrate Marco López today ordered the extradition to Connecticut of the presumed Machetero leader Avelino González Claudio, in spite of his desire to be tried in Puerto Rico.
“As a political prisoner, Mr. González Claudio invokes his rights under international law to remain in his [...]