Cristino Perez Mendez

Released
Gender:Male
Race:Hispanic
Era:1950s
State:Puerto Rico
Support
Communism Puerto Rican Independence Communist Party of Puerto Rico
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Biography

Cristino Perez Mendez was one of the eleven Puerto Rican Communists prosecuted in the island's first Smith Act case, arrested in 1954 and brought to trial in San Juan in 1956.

Case

Charges: Smith Act — conspiracy to advocate the overthrow of the government
Sentence: Faced a mainland prison term if convicted
Convicted: Arrested 1954; on trial in Puerto Rico (1956)

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