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Ramón Medina Ramírez

Era:1940s
State:Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rican Independence Partido Nacionalista de Puerto Rico
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Biography

Ramón Medina Ramírez was a Nationalist leader imprisoned after the 1941 selective-service prosecutions. The thesis gives an imposed sentence of two years in prison and five years of probation for conspiracy to encourage violation of the law. It reports release before the end of 1942 and subsequent residence in New York, without exact physical gate dates. The imposed prison term is not counted as actual time served. 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, 227–228; SHA256 be07767792e7789d4683e0c5787caac280ca95b7f4c93adf2fbfbab5e7a48eb4. In a separate 1950 episode, the testimony of José Enamorado Cuesta cited by Dávila Marichal places Medina Ramírez in actual custody at Puerta de Tierra and taken out with other Law 53 defendants on November 10. No exact admission or discharge is established. 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 531; SHA256 be07767792e7789d4683e0c5787caac280ca95b7f4c93adf2fbfbab5e7a48eb4.

Cases

Charges: Conspiracy to encourage violation of selective-service registration law
Sentence: Ramón Medina Ramírez was a Nationalist leader imprisoned after the 1941 selective-service prosecutions. The thesis gives an imposed sentence of two years in prison and five years of probation for conspiracy to encourage violation of the law. It reports release before the end of 1942 and subsequent residence in New York, without exact physical gate dates. The imposed prison term is not counted as actual time served.
Convicted: Yes
Charges: Law 53 (Ley de la Mordaza)
Sentence: In a separate 1950 episode, the testimony of José Enamorado Cuesta cited by Dávila Marichal places Medina Ramírez in actual custody at Puerta de Tierra and taken out with other Law 53 defendants on November 10. No exact admission or discharge is established.