Carlos Alberto petition to the Parole Board
If granted parole, Carlos would be released in April 2010! That’s just a couple of months away!
Bureau of Prisons: relentless with Carlos Alberto Torres
On December 9, the SIS lieutenant called him in to notify him that he will not be allowed access to email. Why? Because of “his case and his background,” offered the lieutenant…
Navy’s Vieques Training May Be Tied to Health Risks
A U.S. agency has overturned its 2003 research that said no health hazards were caused by decades of military exercises on Vieques, a bombing range-turned-tourist destination off Puerto Rico’s east coast.
Puerto Rican Political Prisoner Carlos Alberto Torres: parole bid foiled by Bureau of Prisons
…one might suspect that the reinstatement of the charges and the finding of guilt were calculated to adversely affect the decision.
Alberto Rodríguez medical update: recovering from illness
As of Sunday, July 26, Alberto is in a private room, out of intensive care and slowly getting better…
Ex Puerto Rican political prisoner Alberto Rodríguez hospitalized
Since Tuesday, July 14, former Puerto Rican political prisoner Alberto Rodríguez has been in intensive care, fighting pneumonia. Transferred recently to Northwestern Memorial Hospital’s ICU, and breathing with the help of a respirator, his family and intimate friends are at his bedside around the clock.
Let’s Bring Carlos Alberto Torres Home Soon!
Puerto Rican political prisoner Carlos Alberto Torres appeared this morning with his attorney Jan Susler at FCI Pekin, Illinois at a videoconference hearing wit
1980-2009: Network Commemorates 29th Anniversary of the Puerto Rican Political Prisoners’ Capture
On April 4, 2009, the National Boricua Human Rights Network (NBHRN) held its annual activity to commemorate the capture of the Puerto Rican political prisoners – which took place on April 4, 1980.
U.S. military considering return to Vieques
Six years after protesters were able to get the U.S. Navy out of Vieques, military authorities are considering a return to the island municipality…
Carlos Alberto Torres’ odyssey continues
Inexplicably, Carlos Alberto’s punishment was more severe than that imposed on some of the other ten, and includes two months of segregation, including no visits and no telephone, as well as loss of good time— which has the effect of extending the length of his imprisonment.
Proof of Coverup In Filiberto Ojeda Case
…the Puerto Rico Department of Justice has a specific physical description of the sharpshooter who killed Ojeda, that from the beginning of the operation this agent was trying to make the fatal shot, and that a coverup could have begun on the very night of the incident…
Chicago, Shakespeare, Batey Urbano and Crime Against Humanity
This review raises a basic question: why put on, write, create theater if there is no necessity to investigate a social relationship? Theater is the most traditional art but also, because of its nature, most tactile, social and conducive to community…
Mesa de Solidaridad denounces latest case of FBI persecution
The independentisa organizations that comprise the Table of Solidarity Against Repression denounce the ongoing persecution by the FBI and other repressive agencies of the United States government against compañeros who struggle for the independence of Puerto Rico.
NBHRN and Comité Pro Derechos Humanos file motion against Grand Jury subpoenas
The National Boricua Human Rights Network (NBHRN) and the Comité Pro Derechos Humanos de Puerto Rico (Human Rights Committee of Puerto Rico) are filing a Motion to Intervene in the Motion to Quash the Grand Jury Subpoenas served on Tania Frontera and Christopher Torres.
Complaint at UN for death of Ojeda Ríos
The Puerto Rico chapter of the American Association of Jurists will present to the United Nations (U.N.) in June a complaint against the Government of the United States for what they understand to be the execution of Machetero leader Filiberto Ojeda Ríos by agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigations.
Macheteros warn of FBI onslaught
Tuesday May 27, 2008 Associated Press Read original article. The Boricua Popular Army The Macheteros warned today that the FBI is preparing for arrests, kidnappings and even acts to “provoke the death” of independentistas and people’s activists. In a communiqué mailed to the Associated Press, The Macheteros indicated that the supposed “great onslaught of the [...]
Bail Denied to Avelino González Claudio
A federal judge ruled on Tuesday, April 15, that Avelino González Claudio, 65 years old, accused of having participated in a 1983 robbery of a deposit from armored cars, might flee, and thus must remain in jail without bail until his trial.
Prosecutors Argue Case To Hold Alleged Militant Without Bail
A federal prosecutor on Monday attempted to link Avelino Gonzalez-Claudio to rocket attacks in Puerto Rico while arguing that the alleged Puerto Rican militant should be detained without bail for a 1983 armored car robbery in Connecticut.
Avelino González to attend bond hearing
HARTFORD, Conn.—A detention hearing is scheduled Monday for an alleged Puerto Rican militant who is accused of taking part in a robbery of a Wells Fargo armored car depot in West Hartford 25 years ago.
April 4th Concert with Orquesta Mapeyé
On Friday, April 4th, NBHRN celebrated the Centennial of Juan Antonio Corretjer with a concert by Orquesta Mapeyé, who along with the Boricua Hip-Hop star, SieteNueve, came directly from Puerto Rico to Chicago.
Important Photo Revealed in Ojeda Case
SAN JUAN/EDLP Correspondent- A photograph taken of the cadaver of the commander of the Boricua Popular Army–Macheteros, Filiberto Ojeda, where he was found by forensic experts, shows that he could have been dragged while injured, indicating that someone had access to the interior of his house before he bled to death.
Carlos Alberto Torres Transferred
Puerto Rican Political Prisoner Carlos Alberto Torres has been transferred to FCI Pekin, Illinois. Please note his new postal address.