Biography
Israel Torres Llaurador 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.
