Biography
Alfredo Mendez, also known as Freddie Mendez, was individually identified among the April 4, 1980 Evanston FALN arrestees. The Senate statement describes his Illinois imprisonment, subsequent federal trial while in state custody and February 18, 1981 federal sentencing for seditious conspiracy and related offenses. This establishes actual multi-day political custody independently of the imposed term. United States v. Torres expressly bridges Alfredo and Freddie as the same person and describes his later cooperation with the FBI. Exact admission, actual release, individual sentence length and total days remain unverified; no later release is inferred from cooperation.
Alfredo Mendez, also known as Freddie Mendez, was individually identified among the April 4, 1980 Evanston FALN arrestees. The Senate statement describes his Illinois imprisonment, subsequent federal trial while in state custody and February 18, 1981 federal sentencing for seditious conspiracy and related offenses. This establishes actual multi-day political custody independently of the imposed term. United States v. Torres expressly bridges Alfredo and Freddie as the same person and describes his later cooperation with the FBI. Exact admission, actual release, individual sentence length and total days remain unverified; no later release is inferred from cooperation.
The editorial and Senate-subcommittee critique identify Mendez as one of the Puerto Rican defendants who subsequently testified for the government in Oscar Lopez’s Chicago trial. The committee alleges coercion, kidnapping and torture and attacks his testimony. Those are attributed allegations; cooperation does not establish a physical release day or end all custody.
Tip of the Iceberg, December 1981 (surviving twelve-page scan), PDF page 4.
