Biography
Carmelo Alvarez Roman was an officer of party juntas in New York and Puerto Rico. A federal grand jury indicted the party leaders on May 25, 1954 for seditious conspiracy, alleging a continuing campaign to end United States rule in Puerto Rico by force. A jury in the Southern District of New York convicted Carmelo Alvarez Roman in October 1954. The court sentenced Carmelo Alvarez Roman to six years in federal prison, and the Second Circuit affirmed the conviction on May 10, 1955.
