Nydia Esther Cuevas

AKA: Nydia Cuevas Rivera
Released
Gender:Female
Race:Hispanic
Era:1970s
State:Puerto Rico
Time Imprisoned:
7 Years 1 Month 14 Days
Support
Puerto Rican Independence Anti-Imperialism
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Biography

Nydia Esther Cuevas (Cuevas Rivera) is a Puerto Rican independence activist who, with Pablo Marcano García, seized the Chilean consulate in San Juan on July 3, 1978 and held the honorary consul at gunpoint for about 22 hours, surrendering on July 4. Their action demanded the release of the imprisoned Puerto Rican Nationalists and the cancellation of the island's Fourth of July celebrations. She was convicted in federal court and imprisoned, and was released on August 18, 1985 and welcomed home as a hero.

Case

Federal Bureau of Prisons
Charges: Hostage-taking and kidnapping — Chilean Consulate occupation, San Juan
Arrested: Jul 4, 1978
Incarcerated: Jul 4, 1978
Released: Aug 18, 1985
Sentence: Imprisoned for the consulate takeover from her July 1978 arrest; released on August 18, 1985.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: California

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