Juan Jaca Hernández

Released
Date of birth:1909
Date of death:1994
Age:85† Deceased
Gender:Male
Era:1950s
State:Puerto Rico
Support
Cadets of the Republic Puerto Rican Nationalist Party
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Biography

Juan Jaca Hernández was an Arecibo commander of the Cadets of the Republic. Imprisoned after the 1950 Nationalist uprising, he remained in custody in 1967. His imprisonment lasted about eighteen years, including confinement at La Princesa and Oso Blanco. He was pardoned in December 1968.

Case

Charges: Four counts of first-degree murder and six counts of assault with intent to commit murder, arising from the 1950 Arecibo uprising
Arrested: 1950
Sentenced: April 1951
Released: 1968
Sentence: Four life terms and six terms of six to fourteen years. The 1967 federal habeas decision confirms actual continuing imprisonment. Pardoned December 27, 1968; exact physical release day remains unverified. A separate Law 53 sentence was imposed September 18, 1952 during the same confinement and is not counted as another imprisonment episode.
Convicted: Convicted in April 1951; judgments affirmed November 30, 1954

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