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Pablo "Yoruba" Guzmán

Released
Full name:Pablo Guzmán
Date of birth:17. 08. 1950
Date of death:26. 11. 2023
Age:73† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:Hispanic
Era:1970s
State:New York
Time Imprisoned:
9 Months
Support
Puerto Rican Independence Socialism
Pablo "Yoruba" Guzmán

Biography

Pablo "Yoruba" Guzmán was Minister of Information of the New York Young Lords and was arrested in the group's 1969–70 direct actions, including the occupation of the First Spanish Methodist Church in East Harlem and the takeover of Lincoln Hospital. He later became an Emmy-winning New York broadcast journalist.

The Young Lords’ 1971 Palante chronology separately dated Pablo “Yoruba” Guzmán’s contempt arrest after the People’s Church occupation to January 10, 1970, and a weapon-possession arrest following the Lincoln Hospital takeover to July 14, 1970. It did not report physical admission or actual release dates for either episode.

Palante, Young Lords Party, Vol.3 No.3 (1971), PDF page 9.

Cases

Charges: Arrests in Young Lords direct actions (New York City, 1969–70)
Sentence: Short terms
Charges: Federal draft-law violations
Sentenced: May 30, 1973
Incarcerated: May 30, 1973
Released: 1974
Sentence: Began serving two concurrent two-year federal sentences on May 30, 1973. Guzman later recalled serving nine months in 1973-74, including initial confinement in several institutions and imprisonment at Tallahassee. The precise release day and month remain unverified; 1974 is year precision. This is separate from his 1969-70 Young Lords arrests.
Judge: Charles M. Metzner
Convicted: Yes