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José Antonio Rodríguez

Era:1950s
State:Puerto Rico
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Biography

A Caguas resident imprisoned during the 1950 repression despite denying Nationalist Party membership. He reported police beating and prosecution under four municipal ordinances after officers failed to link him to the movement. He was jailed until he could post bail and said he also lost his job. No exact custody endpoints are established. Source: José Manuel Dávila Marichal, Organizando la revolución: El Ejército Libertador del Partido Nacionalista de Puerto Rico y la insurrección nacionalista de 1950 (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid doctoral thesis, 2020), physical/printed page 517–518; SHA256 be07767792e7789d4683e0c5787caac280ca95b7f4c93adf2fbfbab5e7a48eb4.

Case

Charges: Four municipal ordinances; individual provisions unprinted
Sentence: A Caguas resident imprisoned during the 1950 repression despite denying Nationalist Party membership. He reported police beating and prosecution under four municipal ordinances after officers failed to link him to the movement. He was jailed until he could post bail and said he also lost his job. No exact custody endpoints are established.