Feds target Puerto Ricans in New York
New York City, December 28th, 2007
Groups and individuals from diverse sectors of the Puerto Rican pro-independence movement and the Boricua Community in general, are currently urgently meeting in Puerto Rico and throughout the Diaspora to organize against the latest offensive by the U.S. Department of Justice, after being informed that several young Boricua pro-independence activists from New York City have been subpoenaed to appear before a Federal Grand jury investigating the Puerto Rican Independence Movement in general, and in particular, the Ejercito Popular Boricua (EPB: ‘Popular Boricua Army’) aka the “Macheteros.”
Tania Frontera, Christopher Torres and Julio Pabón Jr. are scheduled to appear before a Federal Grand Jury on January 11, 2008. Hector Rivera, co-founder of the cultural institution The Welfare Poets, is also expected to be served with a subpoena to appear on that day. In the past, due to the fact that some pro-independence activists have traditionally refused to receive the subpoenas from the Grand Jury or to respond to its questions, many have ended up behind bars.
Both the FBI and U.S. Dept. of Justice have made it clear that there is an ongoing investigation focused on the Ejercito Popular Boricua (EPB)-Macheteros. Special Agent Luis Fraticelli, who heads the FBI in San Juan, has said that the agency intends to capture “Comandante Guasábara” of the EPB, who is believed to have succeeded Filiberto Ojeda Ríos in the leadership of the clandestine revolutionary organization. Ojeda Ríos was assassinated by the federal agents on September 23, 2005, the day that Puerto Rican People commemorate the uprising against Spanish Colonialism and considered the historical Birth of the Boricua Nation.
The initial rumors that the recent subpoenas had been issued and served began to circulate almost simultaneously as the new progress report of the White House’s committee reviewing the colonial conditions of Puerto Rico was made public. The subpoenas, all served in New York City, are to appear before the Federal Grand Jury on the following January 11.
Although many are shocked by the identity of some of the particular individuals targeted, this latest offensive by the U.S. Federal Government has not come as a total surprise to the Pro-Independence Movement, which has been organizing to prepare for an expected new wave of political repression and possibly arrests.
There will be a rally in protest of the recent subpoenas and the political oppression of the Puerto Rican People on FRIDAY JANUARY 11TH - 9:30 A.M. at the BROOKLYN FEDERAL COURT on CAMDEN PLAZA.
IF APPROACHED BY AGENTS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
YOU ARE ONLY REQUIRED TO IDENTIFY YOURSELF
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT. YOU SHOULD DO SO.
TELL THEM " I AM EXERCISING MY RIGHT NOT TO SPEAK WITH YOU WITHOUT MY ATTORNEY BEING PRESENT". GIVE THEM YOUR LAWYERS NUMBER. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ONE, ASK THEM FOR THEIR INFORMATION TO GIVE TO A LAWYER
IF APPROACHED, CONSULT WITH AN ATTORNEY BEFORE MEETING, SPEAKING ON THE PHONE, WRITING OR IN ANY WAY ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS,
ANYTHING YOU SAY CAN BE USED AGAINST YOU. THEIR REPORTS WILL REFLECT "THEIR VERSION" OF CONVERSATIONS OR STATEMENTS ALLEGEDLY MADE BY YOU
LYING TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENT "IS A CRIME'"
DO NOT APPEAR BEFORE ANYONE FOR QUESTIONING, CONSENT TO ANY SEARCHES OF YOUR HOME OR PRIVATE PROPERTY, SURRENDER ANY EVIDENCE OR IN ANY WAY LET YOURSELF BE INVOLVED IN ANY ASPECT OF ANY INVESTIGATION WITHOUT A COURT ORDER AND WITH YOUR ATTORNEY
IF THERE IS ANY "LEGITIMATE" REASON , LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENTS CAN OBTAIN A COURT ORDER. DO NOT CONSENT TO ANYTHING WITHOUT IT. .
FEDERAL AGENTS ARE HARASSING PEOPLE BY VISITING THEM IN THEIR PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT. THEY ARE USING THIS METHOD TO "INVITE" PEOPLE OUT TO "JUST" TALK OVER COFFEE
FEDERAL AGENTS ARE LYING TO PEOPLE THEY APPROACH BY TELLING THEM THEY JUST WANT TO TALK, ATTEMPTING TO ENGAGE THEM IN CONVERSATION AND THEN SERVING THEM WITH A SUPOENA.
DO NOT LET YOU SELF BE INTIMIDATED
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