Manuel Ávila

Era:1930s
State:Pennsylvania
Support
Puerto Rican Nationalist Party
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Biography

Manuel Ávila was a Puerto Rican independence supporter imprisoned at Lewisburg. Executive Order 7731 identifies him in the 1937 federal prosecution of Julio Pinto Gandía and others. The 1939 solidarity committee roster confirms his actual imprisonment.

Case

United States Penitentiary, Lewisburg
Charges: Federal political prosecution in United States v. Julio Pinto Gandia et al., No.4456 Cr.; exact conviction statute unverified
Sentence: Actual federal penitentiary confinement is documented. Individual commitment and physical release dates, exact time served, and the final judgment text remain unverified.
Convicted: Named as a sentenced political prisoner in the contemporary 1939 roster
Institution State: Pennsylvania

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