Biography
Erika Fontánez Torres was arrested during the 2000 civil-disobedience campaign against U.S. Navy training on Vieques, Puerto Rico. The First Circuit identifies this person among defendants arrested between April and June 2000 after entering Camp García to oppose the exercises and their effects on residents and the environment. Following a nonjury trial, the defendant was convicted under 18 U.S.C. § 1382. The consolidated appeal, United States v. Sued-Jiménez, upheld the convictions on December 19, 2001. The opinion does not specify this defendant’s sentence or the length of physical confinement.
Fontánez Torres is a legal scholar who joined the University of Puerto Rico School of Law faculty full time in 2004. She became an assistant professor in 2005 and an associate professor in 2007. The university appointed her interim dean of the law school on May 1, 2026.
Fontánez Torres is a legal scholar who joined the University of Puerto Rico School of Law faculty full time in 2004. She became an assistant professor in 2005 and an associate professor in 2007. The university appointed her interim dean of the law school on May 1, 2026.
University of Puerto Rico, May 1, 2026: appointment as interim dean.
