There is no deadline for the decision,” informed his attorney Jan Susler. But it’s a fact that soon, Torres, 57 years old, will learn the ruling on his second bid for parole in 15 years. The first was denied.
For Alicia Rodríguez, one of the ex Puerto Rican political prisoners released in 1999, the past 10 years have been “a constant challenge.” Instead of returning to Chicago, she preferred to move to Puerto Rico, where she’d never lived before.
…over 130 community leaders and students came out to brainstorm and plan the campaign for 2010
Oscar Lopez Rivera art on web! Prints for sale at: http://artbyoscarlopez.org! To benefit grandaughters college fund
NEW! Urgent Parole Campaign for Carlos Torres-new letter at http://boricuahumanrights.org Goal: 10,000 letters in 30 days! Please retweet
“…you represent a ray of hope and encouragement to persevere and continue fighting…I am physically far from my country, but I carry it in my soul…”
The Parole Commission will make the final decision, hopefully within the next 30 days. There is still time to write to the Parole Commission to urge them to release Carlos Alberto. Download new sample letter
If granted parole, Carlos would be released in April 2010! That’s just a couple of months away!
The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) of the United States government continues to obstruct the parole of Puerto Rican political prisoner Carlos Alberto Torres, while Torres is supposedly set for a hearing with the U.S. Parole Commission’s (USPC) hearing examiner next Tuesday, January 19.
Her decision to come to Puerto Rico after her release was above all about family and love for her homeland.
