Ramon Mirabal

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

Ramon Mirabal was the secretary-general of the Communist Party of Puerto Rico, arrested in October 1954 in the island's first Smith Act prosecution. He was one of eleven defendants awaiting trial in San Juan and, speaking no English, faced the prospect of a trial he could not follow.

Case

Charges: Smith Act — conspiracy to advocate the overthrow of the government
Sentence: Faced a mainland prison term if convicted
Convicted: Arrested October 1954; awaiting trial in Puerto Rico

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