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NEWS & LETTERSThis Press release came to the ProLibertad freedom
Campaign a week ago (in early June). This is a translated copy for folks to
read, and forward. The ProLibertad Freedom Campaign: Bronx 718-601-4751 ______________________________________________________________________
UPRASO Press Release Jose Solís Jordan, Puerto Rican political prisoner, has
informed us today at 7:30 this morning that he has been placed in yet another
jail while "in transit", this time in Oklahoma. From May 21 until
Monday, June 3 he was in Atlanta. The conditions in which he found himself in
Atlanta were inhuman: he was put in solitary confinement (or "the
hole" as it is known) in an area that dates back to 1902. He barely ate or
slept. He was isolated from the general prison population in an action that not
even the jail guards could understand because his papers all indicated that Jose
was supposed to be going to a "half-way house" in Puerto Rico, which
is a minimum security unit. Now in Oklahoma the conditions are better but he
continues to be without much communication and has not arrived in his homeland,
Puerto Rico. All this absurd "transit" to which Solís is
being subjected, can only be understood if we examine the facts: Jose Solís has
remained firm in his convictions; he has not "cooperated" with the FBI
as they want (so that they can fabricate cases against other innocent people who
are pro-independence activists) and has not lost his sensibilities or compassion
yet, even, towards his oppressors. This has been the history of this companero during his
three years and three months of imprisonment. At this moment and ironically, he
cannot even communicate by telephone with his wife, nor his sisters and the
calls are returned. Why? He has only been able to speak to his parents and to my
family and during very restricted times. We demand that the block they put on calls to his family
be ended and that Jose Solís be sent to Puerto Rico immediately, where he is
supposed to be: in a federal building, but in his HOMELAND. Jose was accused
without EVIDENCE, of conspiracy and he was arrested in 1997. Later in a trial
that lasted two (weeks, the verdict was guilty WITHOUT EVIDENCE and because of
the false testimony and lies which were exposed in court by an FBI informant by
the name of Rafael Marrero an agent provocateur. Since the verdict on March 12,
1999, until now he has been incarcerated and have been mistreated, he has been
lied to and has even been made "dubious" and "bogus" offers.
The companero has a true boricua spirit: his nobility and strength, like his
friends and family have been his best weapons. Nellie Zambrana, Spokeperson of UPRASO 787-760-1517 |
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