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Guillermo Segarra

State:Puerto Rico
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Biography

Guillermo Segarra addressed the founding assembly of a Puerto Rican committee against repression on January 20, 1980. The preserved minutes record him saying he had completed a five-to-seven-year prison sentence over problems connected with a strike. He described support from the public and letters from comrades during imprisonment. This documents substantive prior strike-related custody without fixing its dates or the amount of time actually served.

Guillermo Segarra addressed the founding assembly of a Puerto Rican committee against repression on January 20, 1980. The preserved minutes record him saying he had completed a five-to-seven-year prison sentence over problems connected with a strike. He described support from the public and letters from comrades during imprisonment. This documents substantive prior strike-related custody without fixing its dates or the amount of time actually served. The January 20, 1980 assembly minutes say he had completed a sentence stated as five to seven years for strike-related problems. That nominal range is not converted into an actual-service counter. A different court appearance was scheduled for February 25, 1980; this future hearing is not treated as another imprisonment. Exact criminal charge, institution and custody endpoints remain unknown.

Juan Marí Brás police dossier, volume 37, PDF pages 301, 302.

Case

Charges: Strike-related prosecution described in assembly minutes; precise charge not established
Sentence: The January 20, 1980 assembly minutes say he had completed a sentence stated as five to seven years for strike-related problems. That nominal range is not converted into an actual-service counter. A different court appearance was scheduled for February 25, 1980; this future hearing is not treated as another imprisonment. Exact criminal charge, institution and custody endpoints remain unknown.