Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional Puertorriqueña

Posted on | October 30, 2009 | 1 Comment

Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacial Puertorriquena (hereinafter “FALN”), was a group that advocated for complete Puerto Rican independence. FALN used violence as a means to their end. The Federal Bureau of Investigations classifies FALN as a terrorist organization.

From the 1960s through 1980 FALN claimed responsibility for many bombings in the United States to fight for independence. 16 members of FALN were convicted of various federal crimes, including sedition, with sentences far in excess of those sentences of other individuals convicted of similar of crimes.

In 1999, President Clinton, commuted the sentences of the 16 members of FALN over the objection of the United States Attorney, Congress, Senate, and Federal Bureau of Investigations. None of those commuted had ever been convicted of any acts where people were injured; all 16 had served at least 19 years in jail before their commutation.

Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional Puertorriqueña

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Brian J. Zeiger
November 23rd, 2009 @ 6:25 pm

I have received a question as to the names of the people whose sentence was commuted. On August 11, 1999, Clinton commuted:

Elizam Escobar
Ricardo Jiménez
Adolfo Matos
Dylcia Noemi Pagán
Alicia Rodríguez
Ida Luz Rodríguez
Luis Rosa
Carmen Valentín
Edwin Cortés
Alberto Rodríguez
Alejandrina Torres
Juan Enrique Segarra-Palmer
Roberto Maldonado-Rivera
Norman Ramírez-Talavera

This list is only 14 long, so I am guess the other 2 people refused to accept the clemency or were already out.

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