Ángel Díaz Ruiz

Released
Gender:Male
Race:Hispanic
Era:1980s
Inmate Number:#03175-069
State:Puerto Rico
Time Imprisoned:
14 Years 11 Days
Support
Puerto Rican Independence
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Biography

Ángel Díaz Ruiz was a member of Los Macheteros (the Boricua Popular Army) charged in connection with the group's September 1983 robbery of the Wells Fargo depot in West Hartford, Connecticut, which the group carried out to fund the Puerto Rican independence movement.

Case

Charges: Bank-robbery conspiracy (18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 2113); foreign transportation of stolen money (18 U.S.C. § 2314); RICO predicates (U.S. v. Gerena — 1983 Wells Fargo robbery, West Hartford, CT)
Arrested: Aug 29, 1985
Incarcerated: Aug 29, 1985
Released: Sep 9, 1999
Sentence: 5 years federal prison (plea)
Convicted: Yes

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