Jose Solis Jordan

Released

Date of birth:1952

Gender:Male

Race:Hispanic

Era:1990s

State:Illinois

Time Imprisoned:

3 Years 8 Months 9 Days

Support

Puerto Rican Independence

Biography

Jose Solis Jordan, 46, Puerto Rican separatist, was indicted in 1999 in Chicago for a 1992 plot in which two bombs were placed near a US military recruiting facility (one detonated). Convicted; 51 months federal prison.

Birth-year sources

Revolutionary Worker, March 21, 1999 — identifies José Solís Jordán as 46 when he was convicted on March 12, supporting 1952 as his birth year.
U.S. House Committee report — independently documents Solís Jordán’s prosecution, conviction, and 1999 sentence.

Case

Charges: 18 USC 371 Conspiracy; 18 USC 844(f) Attempted Destruction of Government Property [2 counts]; 26 USC 5861(d) Illegal Possession of Explosives - 1992 Chicago military recruiting facility bombing

Arrested: Nov 7, 1997

Sentenced: Jul 7, 1999

Incarcerated: Mar 12, 1999

Released: Nov 21, 2002

Sentence: 51 months federal prison BOP register 08121-424 records release from federal custody on November 21, 2002. This is the BOP custody endpoint; it does not establish the date of any earlier transfer to a halfway house or the end of supervised release. Contemporary reporting described a planned transfer to Guaynabo and then a halfway house in 2002; the actual transfer date remains unverified.

Convicted: Yes

Jose Solis Jordan

Biography

Birth-year sources

Case

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