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Juan Estrada García

Era:1940s
State:Puerto Rico
Time Imprisoned:
1 Year 1 Month
Support
Puerto Rican Independence Partido Nacionalista de Puerto Rico
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Biography

Juan Estrada García was a Puerto Rican nationalist from Fajardo arrested in 1941 for refusing compulsory United States military service. Dávila Marichal identifies him individually among eleven defendants convicted and sentenced to thirteen months, expressly stating that they served those terms in the United States. The precise prison, admission day and release day are not supplied. 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 225; SHA256 be07767792e7789d4683e0c5787caac280ca95b7f4c93adf2fbfbab5e7a48eb4.

Case

Charges: Refusal to comply with United States selective military service
Arrested: 1941
Sentence: Thirteen months of imprisonment served in the United States, expressly documented by the source. Exact admission and discharge dates and the specific prison are not stated.