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Antonio Moya Vélez

Era:1950s
State:Puerto Rico
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Biography

Arrested in Santurce with other Nationalists before the 1950 uprising and committed by night-court judge Belford Torres to San Juan jail for weapons-law proceedings. The thesis describes $1,000 initial bail, subsequent interrogation on October 28 and additional weapons and registration counts. No exact custody endpoint or final judgment is supplied. Source: José Manuel Dávila Marichal, Organizando la revolución: El Ejército Libertador del Partido Nacionalista de Puerto Rico y la insurrección nacionalista de 1950 (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid doctoral thesis, 2020), physical/printed page 389–390; SHA256 be07767792e7789d4683e0c5787caac280ca95b7f4c93adf2fbfbab5e7a48eb4.

Case

Charges: Weapons possession and registration-law violations
Sentence: Arrested in Santurce with other Nationalists before the 1950 uprising and committed by night-court judge Belford Torres to San Juan jail for weapons-law proceedings. The thesis describes $1,000 initial bail, subsequent interrogation on October 28 and additional weapons and registration counts. No exact custody endpoint or final judgment is supplied.