Haydée Beltrán Torres

AKA: Marie Haydée Beltrán
Released
Full name:Haydée Beltrán Beltrán Torres
Gender:Female
Race:Hispanic
Era:1970s
Inmate Number:#88462-024
State:New York
Time Imprisoned:
28 Years 2 Months 15 Days
Support
Puerto Rican Independence FALN (Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional)
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Biography

Marie Haydée Beltrán Torres was a member of the FALN (Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional), the clandestine Puerto Rican independence group. She was convicted of the 1977 bombing of the Mobil Oil Building in Manhattan, in which one person was killed, and sentenced to life. Arrested with ten other FALN members in Evanston, Illinois in 1980, she was among those offered conditional clemency by President Clinton in 1999; she declined its terms and was released some years later.

Case

Charges: Seditious conspiracy; second-degree murder (NY state, Mobil Oil bombing); conspiracy; explosives offenses.
Arrested: Apr 3, 1980
Sentenced: Nov 30, 1980
Incarcerated: Nov 30, 1980
Released: Feb 14, 2009
Sentence: Life (NY state) + ~35-year federal term
Convicted: Yes

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