Juan Saez Corales

Released
Gender:Male
Race:Hispanic
Era:1950s
State:Puerto Rico
Support
Communism Puerto Rican Independence Labor Organizing Communist Party of Puerto Rico
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Biography

Juan Saez Corales was a veteran Puerto Rican labor leader and Communist, a candidate for the island's House of Representatives, who campaigned under the slogan 'Jail, no; Congress, yes' while under indictment in Puerto Rico's first Smith Act case. He was one of the eleven defendants 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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