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NEWS & LETTERS, June 2002
José Solís transferredProfessor José Solís Jordán was transferred to Puerto Rico on May 21. Framed for the 1992 bombing of a military recruiting station in Chicago (see April 1999 NEWS & LETTERS) Solís has been serving his 52 month sentence at the Federal Penitentiary in Coleman, Florida. His transfer to the Puerto Rican Federal Detention Center in Guaynabo will keep him there until July 23, when he is scheduled to be sent to a halfway house in Trujillo Alto to complete his sentence this November. Solís has borne years of injustice, falsely convicted on the word of a government informant who admitted to the bombing and who was paid over $100,000 for his testimony. The conviction came amidst a spew of propaganda from the CHICAGO SUN-TIMES and local government sources over alleged Puerto Rican "terrorist" influence here. Further indictments and convictions were loudly promised but nothing, in the years since, has materialized—not even in the post-September 11 climate. This fact speaks for itself. Professor Solís has spent much of his time in Coleman teaching G.E.D. classes to other prisoners. He is a good man, as well as an innocent one. —Supporter Since the June issue of N&L went to press we learned that Jose Solís Jordan is being detained “in transit.” See the press release on the situation. |
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