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Puerto Rico

Political repression plays out state by state — shaped by local institutions, prosecutors, and movements for defense. These are the documented political prisoners and cases the census holds for Puerto Rico.

295Documented
0In custody
294Released

Eras of repression in Puerto Rico

Where Puerto Rico’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.

2000s 213 1950s 26 1980s 25 1930s 19 1970s 6 1910s 5

Documented cases

295 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.

R
Roberto José Maldonado Rivera
Released
Roberto Maldonado Rivera, a Puerto Rican attorney, was arrested in the August 30, 1985 Macheteros roundup and...
J
Juan Manuel Dalmáu
Released
One of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the U.S. Navy's...
V
Victor Manuel Figueroa
Released
One of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the U.S. Navy's...
O
Oswaldo Manuel Merced
Released
One of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the U.S. Navy's...
J
Juan Manuel Verges
Released
One of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the U.S. Navy's...
G
Grego Marcano Vázquez
Released
Grego Marcano Vázquez was arrested for Minerva Bermúdez / MLK brigade trespass on Vieques range as part of the...
D
Deusdedit Marrero
Released
Deusdedit Marrero was a Puerto Rican Communist and independence figure convicted under Puerto Rico's 'Gag Law'...
H
Heriberto Marín
Released
Heriberto Marín Torres (born November 23, 1928, in Barrio Coabey, Jayuya) was one of the youngest fighters of...
J
Jorge Maysonet-Hernandez
Released
Jorge Maysonet-Hernandez, a Puerto Rican Communist in his early forties, was one of the eleven defendants in t...
I
Israel Medina Colón
Released
Israel Medina Colón served 120–140 days in federal custody for occupying the U.S. Navy bombing range on Vieque...
I
Ivonne Meléndez Carrión
Released
Macheteros member arrested in the August 1985 federal sweep targeting the Ejército Popular Boricua in connecti...
I
Iván Darío Meléndez Carrión
Released
Iván Darío Meléndez Carrión was arrested in the August 30, 1985 Macheteros operation and accepted a plea agree...
Y
Yvonne Meléndez Carrión
Released
Yvonne Meléndez Carrión was a Puerto Rican independence activist arrested on August 30, 1985 in the mass FBI r...
J
José Meléndez Cotto
Released
José Meléndez Cotto was arrested for trespass on the U.S. Navy bombing range at Vieques, Puerto Rico, as part...
R
Ramon Mirabal
Released
Ramon Mirabal was the secretary-general of the Communist Party of Puerto Rico, arrested in October 1954 in the...
A
Andrés Miranda
Released
One of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the U.S. Navy's...
R
Regalado Miró
Released
Regalado Miró was arrested for Resistance activity on Vieques as part of the sustained 1999-2003 civil-disobed...
N
Nazael Montalvo Rodríguez
Released
Nazael Montalvo Rodríguez was arrested for trespass on the U.S. Navy bombing range at Vieques, Puerto Rico, as...
J
José Montañez Sanes
Released
José Montañez Sanes served 18 months in federal custody at MDC Guaynabo in Puerto Rico for civil disobedience...
A
Axel Mora Meléndez
Released
Axel Mora Meléndez was arrested for trespass on the U.S. Navy bombing range at Vieques, Puerto Rico, as part o...
A
Alejandro Morales
Released
One of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the U.S. Navy's...
I
Imac Morales Carrasquillo
Released
Imac Morales Carrasquillo was arrested for trespass on the U.S. Navy bombing range at Vieques, Puerto Rico, as...
P
Pedro José Muñiz Garcia
Released
Pedro José Muñiz Garcia was arrested for trespass on the U.S. Navy bombing range at Vieques, Puerto Rico, as p...
S
Serafin Méndez
Released
One of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the U.S. Navy's...

Institutions in Puerto Rico

Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Puerto Rico that appear in the census’s case files.

Metropolitan Detention Center GuaynaboGuaynabo, Puerto Rico
95 cases
Federal Detention Center, GuaynaboSan Juan, Puerto Rico
93 cases
Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) GuaynaboGuaynabo, Puerto Rico
20 cases
La PrincesaSan Juan, Puerto Rico
9 cases
MDC GuaynaboSan Juan, Puerto Rico
2 cases
Vega Alta Women's PrisonVega Alta, Puerto Rico
1 case
Arecibo Women's JailArecibo, Puerto Rico
1 case
District Jail, AreciboArecibo, Puerto Rico
1 case