Gabriel Parilla Fontanes

Released
Gender:Male
Race:Hispanic
Era:1950s
State:Puerto Rico
Support
Puerto Rican Independence Draft Resistance Puerto Rican Nationalist Party
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Biography

Gabriel Parilla Fontanes was a Puerto Rican independence supporter and draft resister sought as a 'draft delinquent.' He fought a gun battle with FBI agents and police before being overcome with tear gas and arrested.

Case

Charges: Draft resistance — sought as a 'draft delinquent,' arrested after an armed standoff.
Sentence: Prosecuted as a draft resister / independence militant.
Convicted: Arrested after an armed standoff with the FBI.

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