Biography
Juan Francisco Ortiz Medina was president of the New York junta in 1953, whose home served as party headquarters. A federal grand jury indicted the party leaders on May 25, 1954 for seditious conspiracy, alleging a continuing campaign to end United States rule in Puerto Rico by force. A jury in the Southern District of New York convicted Juan Francisco Ortiz Medina in October 1954. The court sentenced Juan Francisco Ortiz Medina to six years in federal prison, and the Second Circuit affirmed the conviction on May 10, 1955.
