Biography
Alfredo Espinosa was an El Paso Chicano activist and a founder and leader of Chicanos Unidos. The organization campaigned for health care, recreation, and drug-abuse prevention in the city's Chicano neighborhoods. He was prosecuted with Ramon Arroyos and Ruben Ogaz as Los Tres following the August 6, 1975 firebombing of the Popular department store. The three denied responsibility and their supporters described the prosecution as retaliation for their organizing. They were initially held under $10,000 bail each before securing release. On September 9, 1976, Espinosa was convicted and sentenced to two years in prison; a contemporary report subsequently described him as free on bail while the defense planned an appeal. The sentence does not establish how much prison time he ultimately served.
