Posts Tagged ‘FBI’

Alleged FBI pursuit of independentist

By miguel • Nov 2nd, 2008 • Category: Civil Liberties and Repression, Puerto Rico News

…the incident took place last Tuesday when Cintrón Fiallo was running errands for his work as an investigator at the Legal Assistance Society. He left at 6:30 a.m. for his work, and from that moment four cars followed him…



Puerto Rico: Surveillance, Violence And Rebellion

By miguel • Oct 31st, 2008 • Category: Civil Liberties and Repression, Features, Puerto Rico News

The ostentatious persecution of Cintrón Fiallo— effectuated by four vehicles that surveilled him for hours, from his home and across from his work— took place only a few days after the Boricua Popular Army–Macheteros announced they had penetrated the secret information systems of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.



Macheteros warn of FBI onslaught

By miguel • May 27th, 2008 • Category: Lead Story

Tuesday May 27, 2008
Associated Press
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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 FBI” comes in the [...]



Moles Wanted: FBI Infiltrates Local Groups

By miguel • May 25th, 2008 • Category: Civil Liberties and Repression

They were looking for an informant to show up at “vegan potlucks” throughout the Twin Cities and rub shoulders with RNC protestors. Paul Carroll was riding his bike when his cell phone vibrated.



New Subpoena Issued to Puerto Rican Activist

By miguel • May 17th, 2008 • Category: Civil Liberties and Repression, La Red, Vieques

On May 13, 2008, the FBI searched and served a Grand Jury subpoena on the compañero attorney and educator Elliot Monteverde Torres. The subpoena orders the activist to appear in the federal court of New York on May 23, 2008. Elliot lives with his wife and daughter in Texas. He was a student leader in [...]



Archbishop interviewed by FBI

By miguel • May 17th, 2008 • Category: Civil Liberties and Repression

The archbishop of San Juan, Roberto González Nieves, confirmed to EL VOCERO that Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents interviewed him with respect to two visits that the religious leader had with the president of the Boricua Popular Army Los Macheteros, Filiberto Ojeda Ríos, while he was in clandestinity.



Taller de Derechos Civiles repudia intervenciones del FBI

By miguel • Apr 23rd, 2008 • Category: Civil Liberties and Repression

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Taller de Derechos Civiles repudia intervenciones del FBI
San Juan – El Taller de Derechos Civiles, que reúne a estudiantes de Derecho de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, se expresó en contra de las intervenciones con ciudadanos y ciudadanas que está llevando a cabo el Negociado Federal de Investigaciones (FBI, por sus siglas en [...]



Demonstration against the FBI in Ponce

By miguel • Apr 20th, 2008 • Category: Civil Liberties and Repression, Puerto Rico News

Representantes de diversas organizaciones independentistas, socialistas y de los derechos humanos convocaron ayer, por medio de la Mesa de Solidaridad contra la represión federal, a la marcha…



PIP condemns Department of Justice for not prosecuting FBI

By miguel • Apr 12th, 2008 • Category: Civil Liberties and Repression

“The Attorney General abandoned his responsibility to defend the interests of the Puerto Rican people and became the defense attorney for the FBI…