Eugenio Cuebas Arbona

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

Eugenio Cuebas Arbona was one of the eleven defendants in Puerto Rico's first Smith Act prosecution, arrested in 1954 and tried 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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