Elizam Escobar

Released
Date of birth:24. 05. 1948
Age:78
Gender:Male
Race:Hispanic
Era:1980s
Inmate Number:#88969-024
Time Imprisoned:
18 Years 6 Months 23 Days
Support
Puerto Rican Independence FALN (Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional)
Elizam Escobar

Biography

Elizam Escobar was a Puerto Rican art theorist, poet, visual artist and writer. On 4 April 1980, Escobar was among eleven FALN members arrested by the FBI in Evanston, Illinois, under the suspicion of plotting to bomb Federal installations. They were charged with seditious conspiracy and related charges. During and after the trial he maintained his position that he and the others were prisoners of war. Escobar was sentenced to a prison term of 68 years,

Case

Charges: Seditious conspiracy (18 U.S.C. § 2384), armed robbery (Hobbs Act), interstate transportation of firearms with intent to commit violent crime, weapons possession.
Arrested: Apr 3, 1980
Sentenced: Feb 17, 1981
Incarcerated: Feb 17, 1981
Released: Sep 9, 1999
Sentence: 68 years federal prison Charges as recorded: Seditious conspiracy (18 U.S.C. § 2384), armed robbery (Hobbs Act), interstate transportation of firearms with intent to commit violent crime, weapons possession. Defendants asserted prisoner-of-war status under Protocol I of the Geneva Conventions and refused to participate in the trial.
Prosecutor: Jeremy D. Margolis (AUSA, N.D. Ill.)
Judge: Hon. Thomas R. McMillen
Convicted: Yes

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