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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.
477Documented
0In custody
346Released
Eras of repression in Puerto Rico
Where Puerto Rico’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
2000s 274
1950s 91
1930s 33
1980s 24
1970s 24
1940s 20
Recent dashboard entries from Puerto Rico
The newest published events and reporting located in Puerto Rico, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Protest
Activists protest ICE detentions in a San Juan neighborhood
Arrest
Tito Kayak arrested at an anti-government protest outside La Fortaleza
Protest
Madres Contra la Guerra protest US militarization at Muniz Air Base
Documented cases
477 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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Antonio Colón Save
Antonio Colón Save was a prominent Puerto Rican independence activist who served as a captain of the paramilit...
E
Edgardo Cordero
Released
Edgardo was one of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the...
F
Froilán Cordero
Released
Froilán was one of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the...
L
Luis Ángel Correa
Released
Luis Ángel Correa was a Puerto Rican Nationalist arrested during the investigation of the March 21, 1937 Ponce...
F
Felicita Cotto
Released
Felicita was one of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the...
O
Oswaldo Cruz
Released
Oswaldo was one of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the...
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Ángel Cruz
Released
Ángel was one of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the U....
N
Néstor Cruz Crespo
Released
Néstor Cruz Crespo was arrested during the 2000 civil-disobedience campaign against U.S. Navy training on Vieq...
J
Juan Ramón Cruz Pérez
Released
Juan Ramón Cruz Pérez was arrested for Trespass on Vieques bombing range as part of the sustained 1999-2003 ci...
J
José Cruzado Ortiz
José Cruzado Ortiz was a Puerto Rican nationalist from Mayagüez arrested in 1941 for refusing compulsory Unite...
E
Eugenio Cuebas Arbona
Released
Eugenio Cuebas Arbona was one of the eleven defendants in Puerto Rico's first Smith Act prosecution, arrested...
E
Eugenio Cuevas Arbona
Eugenio was the president of the Unión de la Juventud Comunista Puertorriqueña, detained for two weeks during...
L
Luis Fernando Cuevas Caraballo
Luis Fernando Cuevas Caraballo was a Puerto Rican nationalist from Mayagüez arrested in 1941 for refusing comp...
C
Carlos David Aviles
Released
Carlos David Aviles was one of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedi...
C
Cándido De Jesús
Released
Cándido was one of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the...
R
Raúl Diaz
Released
Raúl was one of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the U.S...
L
Luis Domenech
Released
Luis was one of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the U.S...
C
Carmelo Donis
Carmelo Donis was a Puerto Rican nationalist from Juncos arrested in 1941 for refusing compulsory United State...
G
Gustavo Dávila Cardona
Released
Gustavo Dávila Cardona was arrested for Minerva Bermúdez / MLK brigade trespass on Vieques range as part of th...
C
Carlos Taíno Dávila Reverón
Released
Carlos Taíno Dávila Reverón was arrested during the 2000 civil-disobedience campaign against U.S. Navy trainin...
L
Leonides Díaz
Leonides Díaz was a nationalist who fed insurgents staying at her home during the 1950 uprising.
A nationalis...
J
Jesús Díaz Díaz
Jesús was a sixteen-year-old who had not participated in the 1950 uprising and was imprisoned for seven months...
I
Ismael Díaz Matos
Ismael Díaz Matos was captured by the National Guard after seeking support in Arecibo’s Santana neighborhood f...
R
Ramón Díaz Rivera
Released
Ramón Díaz Rivera was arrested during the 2000 civil-disobedience campaign against U.S. Navy training on Viequ...
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
MDC GuaynaboSan Juan, Puerto Rico
15 cases
La PrincesaSan Juan, Puerto Rico
9 cases
Vega Alta Women's PrisonVega Alta, Puerto Rico
4 cases
Arecibo Women's JailArecibo, Puerto Rico
1 case
District Jail, AreciboArecibo, Puerto Rico
1 case