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Puerto Rico

Political repression plays out state by state — shaped by local institutions, prosecutors, and movements for defense. These are the documented political prisoners and cases the census holds for Puerto Rico.

295Documented
0In custody
294Released

Eras of repression in Puerto Rico

Where Puerto Rico’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.

2000s 213 1950s 26 1980s 25 1930s 19 1970s 6 1910s 5

Documented cases

295 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.

Y
Yahaira Enid Velázquez
Released
One of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the U.S. Navy's...
J
José Enrique De Jesús
Released
One of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the U.S. Navy's...
L
Luis Ernesto Borges
Released
One of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the U.S. Navy's...
E
Elifaz Escobar
Released
Elifaz Escobar was one of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party members charged with the murder of two policemen...
R
Ricardo Espada Rosado
Released
Ricardo Espada Rosado was arrested for trespass on the U.S. Navy bombing range at Vieques, Puerto Rico, as par...
W
Wilmer Estrada
Released
One of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the U.S. Navy's...
L
Leonardo Estrada Ferrer
Released
Leonardo Estrada Ferrer was arrested for Minerva Bermúdez / MLK brigade trespass on Vieques range as part of t...
J
José F. Crespo
Released
One of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the U.S. Navy's...
R
Rafael Feliciano
Released
Rafael Feliciano was arrested for trespass on the U.S. Navy bombing range at Vieques, Puerto Rico, as part of...
H
Hilton Fernández Diamante
Released
Hilton Fernández Diamante was arrested in the August 30, 1985 Macheteros operation. He pleaded guilty to a con...
A
Andrés Figueroa Cordero
Released
Andrés Figueroa Cordero was one of the four Puerto Rican Nationalists who attacked the U.S. House of Represent...
L
Luis Figueroa Félix
Released
Luis Figueroa Félix was arrested for trespass on the U.S. Navy bombing range at Vieques, Puerto Rico, as part...
M
Manuel Flores
Released
One of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the U.S. Navy's...
J
Jaime Francisco Diaz
Released
One of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the U.S. Navy's...
A
Alberto Fuentes
Released
One of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the U.S. Navy's...
J
Juan Gallardo Santiago
Released
Juan Gallardo Santiago was a member of the Cadets of the Republic, the youth corps of the Puerto Rican Nationa...
J
Juan Galloza Acevedo
Released
Juan Galloza Acevedo is the only person ever convicted for the December 3, 1979 Sabana Seca ambush, in which M...
P
Pablo Garcia
Released
Pablo Garcia Rodriguez was a Harvard-trained civil-rights lawyer and member of the central committee of the Co...
G
Gustavo García López
Released
Gustavo García López was arrested for trespass on the U.S. Navy bombing range at Vieques, Puerto Rico, as part...
B
Blanca Gari Perez
Released
Blanca Gari Perez was arrested for trespass on the U.S. Navy bombing range at Vieques, Puerto Rico, as part of...
C
Carmen Gonzalez Arias
Released
Carmen Gonzalez Arias was arrested for trespass on the U.S. Navy bombing range at Vieques, Puerto Rico, as par...
N
Nydia Gonzalez Reyes
Released
Nydia Gonzalez Reyes was arrested for trespass on the U.S. Navy bombing range at Vieques, Puerto Rico, as part...
I
Ismael González
Released
Ismael González was arrested for trespass on the U.S. Navy bombing range at Vieques, Puerto Rico, as part of t...
S
Salvador González
Released
One of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the U.S. Navy's...

Institutions in Puerto Rico

Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Puerto Rico that appear in the census’s case files.

Metropolitan Detention Center GuaynaboGuaynabo, Puerto Rico
95 cases
Federal Detention Center, GuaynaboSan Juan, Puerto Rico
93 cases
Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) GuaynaboGuaynabo, Puerto Rico
20 cases
La PrincesaSan Juan, Puerto Rico
9 cases
MDC GuaynaboSan Juan, Puerto Rico
2 cases
Vega Alta Women's PrisonVega Alta, Puerto Rico
1 case
Arecibo Women's JailArecibo, Puerto Rico
1 case
District Jail, AreciboArecibo, Puerto Rico
1 case