Biography
Modesto was a seventy-year-old independence leader jailed for refusing to lower the Puerto Rican flag at his home during the 1950 repression. The thesis expressly records provisional release after twenty-seven hours in detention. Source: José Manuel Dávila Marichal, Organizando la revolución: El Ejército Libertador del Partido Nacionalista de Puerto Rico y la insurrección nacionalista de 1950 (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid doctoral thesis, 2020), physical/printed page 507; SHA256 be07767792e7789d4683e0c5787caac280ca95b7f4c93adf2fbfbab5e7a48eb4.
Davila Marichal documents Gotay being arrested and provisionally released after 27 hours during the 1950 crackdown, citing a November 6, 1950 El Mundo report. The exact calendar days are unresolved.
