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Nieves Padilla

Era:1950s
State:Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rican Independence Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño
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Biography

A teacher and member of the Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño’s board held for several days following the 1950 uprising. Her contemporary complaint described fingerprinting, numbered photographs and distress caused by confinement and interrogation. No charge or precise discharge date is 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 505; SHA256 be07767792e7789d4683e0c5787caac280ca95b7f4c93adf2fbfbab5e7a48eb4.

Case

Charges: Political detention following the 1950 uprising
Sentence: A teacher and member of the Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño’s board held for several days following the 1950 uprising. Her contemporary complaint described fingerprinting, numbered photographs and distress caused by confinement and interrogation. No charge or precise discharge date is supplied.