Olga Viscal Garriga

Released
Date of birth:05. 05. 1929
Date of death:02. 06. 1995
Age:66† Deceased
Gender:Female
Race:Hispanic
Era:1950s
State:Puerto Rico
Support
Puerto Rican Independence Puerto Rican Nationalist Party
Olga Viscal Garriga

Biography

Olga Viscal Garriga was a young Puerto Rican independence-movement spokeswoman jailed after the 1950 Nationalist uprising. She was sentenced on dozens of contempt counts (about 930 days) along with uprising-related charges, refusing to recognize U.S. jurisdiction over Puerto Rico.

Case

Charges: Contempt of court (31 counts) and charges.
Sentence: Roughly 930 days plus uprising-related penalties. Verdict as recorded: Convicted; sentenced on multiple counts. Charges as recorded: Contempt of court (31 counts) and charges arising from the 1950 Nationalist uprising.
Convicted: Yes

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