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Gilberto Concepción de Gracia

Era:1950s
State:Puerto Rico
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Gilberto Concepción de Gracia

Biography

Gilberto Concepción de Gracia, Puerto Rican Independence Party leader and attorney who defended Pedro Albizu Campos, was arrested during the roundup following the 1950 Nationalist uprising. Meyer identifies him among people arrested despite not participating in the uprising. The study reports his birth and death years as 1909–1968 and describes his long legal collaboration with Vito Marcantonio. No exact custody endpoints, statutory charge or measured term is supplied. Source: https://www.redalyc.org/pdf/377/37722223004.pdf#page=27

Case

Charges: Political roundup following the 1950 Nationalist uprising; individual charge unprinted.
Arrested: 1950
Sentence: Arrest reported, no imposed term or physical release established.