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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.
478Documented
1In custody
334Released
1Awaiting trial
Eras of repression in Puerto Rico
Where Puerto Rico’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
2000s 274
1950s 91
1930s 33
1980s 24
1970s 22
1940s 20
Recent dashboard entries from Puerto Rico
The newest published events and reporting located in Puerto Rico, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Protest
Activists protest ICE detentions in a San Juan neighborhood
Arrest
Tito Kayak arrested at an anti-government protest outside La Fortaleza
Protest
Madres Contra la Guerra protest US militarization at Muniz Air Base
Documented cases
478 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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Ramón Díaz Rivera
Released
Ramón Díaz Rivera was arrested during the 2000 civil-disobedience campaign against U.S. Navy training on Viequ...
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Ángel Díaz Ruiz
Released
Ángel Díaz Ruiz was charged in the Wells Fargo/Macheteros prosecution. Contemporary Libertad reporting individ...
C
Carlos E. Marrero
Released
One of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the U.S. Navy's...
R
Rufino Echevarría Rivera
Released
Rufino Echevarría Rivera was arrested during the 2000 civil-disobedience campaign against U.S. Navy training o...
C
César Eduardo Gutiérrez
Released
One of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the U.S. Navy's...
R
Rosa Elena Sepúlveda
Released
One of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the U.S. Navy's...
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Iván Elías Rodríguez
Released
Iván Elías Rodríguez was arrested for trespass on the U.S. Navy bombing range at Vieques, Puerto Rico, as part...
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Ángel Emilio Rivera
Released
One of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the U.S. Navy's...
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Juan Emmanuelli
Released
Juan Emmanuelli was one of the eleven defendants in Puerto Rico's first Smith Act case. A former Communist no...
J
José Enamorado Cuesta
A Communist and former Nationalist who testified before the 1958 commission that he had been arrested without...
Y
Yahaira Enid Velázquez
Released
One of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the U.S. Navy's...
J
José Enrique De Jesús
Released
One of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the U.S. Navy's...
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Luis Ernesto Borges
Released
One of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the U.S. Navy's...
E
Elifaz Escobar
Released
Elifaz Escobar was a Puerto Rican Nationalist and lieutenant in the Ponce branch of the Cadets of the Republic...
R
Ricardo Espada Rosado
Released
Ricardo Espada Rosado was arrested for trespass on the U.S. Navy bombing range at Vieques, Puerto Rico, as par...
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Wilmer Estrada
Released
One of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the U.S. Navy's...
L
Leonardo Estrada Ferrer
Released
Leonardo Estrada Ferrer was arrested for Minerva Bermúdez / MLK brigade trespass on Vieques range as part of t...
J
Juan Estrada García
Juan Estrada García was a Puerto Rican nationalist from Fajardo arrested in 1941 for refusing compulsory Unite...
J
José F. Crespo
Released
One of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the U.S. Navy's...
R
Rafael Feliciano
Released
Rafael Feliciano was arrested for trespass on the U.S. Navy bombing range at Vieques, Puerto Rico, as part of...
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Félix Feliciano Morales
A nationalist leader from Humacao detained for eight days during the repression following the 1950 uprising, d...
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Zoraida Figueroa Arenas
Released
Zoraida Figueroa Arenas was a teacher and activist imprisoned for protesting U.S. Navy operations in Vieques....
E
Efraín Figueroa Báez
Released
Efraín Figueroa Báez was arrested during the 2000 civil-disobedience campaign against U.S. Navy training on Vi...
L
Luis Figueroa Félix
Released
Luis Figueroa Félix was arrested for trespass on the U.S. Navy bombing range at Vieques, Puerto Rico, as part...
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
MDC GuaynaboSan Juan, Puerto Rico
15 cases
La PrincesaSan Juan, Puerto Rico
9 cases
Vega Alta Women's PrisonVega Alta, Puerto Rico
4 cases
Arecibo Women's JailArecibo, Puerto Rico
1 case
District Jail, AreciboArecibo, Puerto Rico
1 case