Puerto Rican Independentistas protest against Grand Jury subpoenas
From: "Political Prisoner News" <ppnews@freedomarchives.org>
Date: Mon, July 28, 2008
English translation follows Spanish
Protestan los independentistas contra citaciones al Gran Jurado
Dos boricuas tendrían que comparecer en caso contra los Macheteros.
Por Eugenio Hopgood / ehopgood@elnuevodia.com
28 julio 2008
http://www.elnuevodia.com/diario/noticia/puertoricohoy/noticias/protestan_los_independentistas_contra_citaciones_al_gran_jurado/436270
Simpatizantes de varias organizaciones
independentistas y socialistas protestaron anoche
en una vigilia frente al Tribunal Federal en Hato
Rey, contra las citaciones a comparecer ante un Gran Jurado federal.
Estas fueron expedidas a dos puertorriqueños en
Nueva York, como parte de la investigación
federal contra la organización clandestina
independentista Ejército Popular Boricua-Macheteros.
Ramón Díaz, uno de los portavoces, dijo que la
actividad convocada por la Mesa de Solidaridad
Contra la Represión se lleva cabo en la víspera
de una vista judicial que tendrá lugar hoy en
Brooklyn, Nueva York, en torno a las citaciones
para obligar a comparecer ante el gran jurado a
la artista gráfica Tania Frontera y al trabajador social Christopher Torres.
Díaz explicó que las citaciones contra Frontera y
Torres se han pospuesto debido a que hay una
moción pendiente que solicita que éstas se dejen sin efecto.
Los abogados de los independentistas citados
solicitaron en su moción que la Fiscalía revele
si las citaciones se basan en intercepciones
electrónicas para cuestionar la legalidad de
éstas. La Fiscalía indicó que tenía que discutir
ese punto en una vista confidencial sin acceso de
público o de prensa, dijo Díaz.
Hoy, los fiscales intentarán convencer a la juez
que atiende el caso de que es necesario que las
evidencias que justifiquen la citaciones se
ventilen en secreto, pero también se podría
decidir en el acto que se supriman las citaciones.
La moción para dejar sin efecto las citaciones
también alega que el gran jurado "ha sido
utilizado históricamente como instrumento de la
fiscalía federal para perseguir activistas
políticos y particularmente contra los
independentistas puertorriqueños", dijo Díaz.
"El asunto es que tan pronto como mañana (hoy)
Puerto Rico podría tener dos nuevos presos
políticos porque ya estos dos puertorriqueños han
dicho que no van a colaborar con el gran jurado",
sostuvo Díaz, un planificador miembro de La Nueva
Escuela, una entidad independentista que actúa en la región oeste.
Entre las organizaciones que forman parte de la
Mesa de Solidaridad contra la Represión están el
Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño (PIP) el
Movimiento Independentiusta Nacional Hostosiano
(MINH), el Frente Socialista, el Comité de
Derechos Humanos, el Partido Nacionalista, la
Nueva Escuela y Madres contra la Guerra, entre otros.
Díaz dijo que Julio Pabón, de Nueva York, uno de
los puertorriqueños originalmente citados,
compareció ante el gran jurado, no así Frontera y Torres.
Frontera, de 35 años, es hija de un asesor
legislativo de la senadora María de Lourdes
Santiago, el licenciado Carlos Frontera. Torres
es un puertoriqueño oriundo de Nueva York. Ambos
son representados por los abogados Susan
Tipograph y Martin Stolar, del National Lawyers Guild.
Eliott Montverde también ha sido citado por este gran jurado.
Las citaciones para comparecer ante el Gran
Jurado incluso provocaron una llamada del
congresista boricua de Nueva York, José Serrano,
al jefe del FBI, Robert Mueller, en la cual le
manifestó que los casos aparentaban ser el
reinicio del hostigamiento federal contra los independentistas.
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Independentistas protest against Grand Jury subpoenas
Two Puerto Ricans would have to appear in case against The Macheteros
By Eugenio Hopgood / ehopgood@elnuevodia.com
July 28, 2008
http://www.elnuevodia.com/diario/noticia/puertoricohoy/noticias/protestan_los_independentistas_contra_citaciones_al_gran_jurado/436270
Sympathizers from various indepednentista and
socialist organizations protested last night in a
vigil in front of the Federal Court in Hato Rey,
against the subpoenas to appear before a federal Grand Jury.
They were issued to two Puerto Ricans in New
York, as part of the federal investigation of the
clandestine independence organization Boricua Popular Army– Macheteros.
Ramón Díaz, one of the spokespeople, said that
the activity convened by the Table of Solidarity
Against Repression took place on the eve of a
judicial hearing that will take place today in
Brooklyn, New York, concerning the subpoenas
obligating the grand jury appearance of graphic
artist Tania Frontera and social worker Christopher Torres.
Díaz explained that the subpoenas of Frontera and
Torres had been postponed due to a pending motion to quash.
Attorneys for the subpoenaed independentistas
sought in their motion for the prosecution to
reveal whether the subpoenas are based on
electronic surveillance, to question the legality
of such surveillance. The U.S. Attorney said that
it had to discuss this matter in a secret
hearing, at which the public and the press would be excluded, said Díaz.
Today, the prosecution will try to convince the
judge who hears the case that she should hold a
sealed, secret hearing about what evidence
warrants the subpoenas. Today at the hearing, the
motion to quash the subpoenas could also be decided.
The motion to quash the subpoenas also alleges
that the grand jury “has historically been used
as a tool of the federal prosecution to persecute
political activists and particularly Puerto Rican
independentistas,” said Díaz.
“The issue is that as early as tomorrow (today),
Puerto Rico could have two new political
prisoners, because these two Puerto Ricans have
already said they are not going to collaborate
with the Grand Jury,”maintained Díaz, a founding
member of The New School, an independentista
organization active in the western part of the island.
Among the organizations that form the Table of
Solidarity Against Repression are the Puerto
Rican Independence Party (PIP), the National
Hostos Independence Movement (MINH), the
Socialist Front, the Human Rights Committee, the
Nationalist Party, The New School, and Mothers Against the War, among others.
Díaz said that Julio Pabón, of New York, one of
the Puerto Ricans originally subpoenaed, appeared
before the grand jury, while Frontera and Torres have not.
Frontera, 35 years old, is the daughter of
attorney Carlos Frontera, a legislative advisor
of senator María de Lourdes Santiago. Torres is a
Puerto Rican from New York. Both are represented
by attorneys Susan Tipograph y Martin Stolar, of the National Lawyers Guild.
Elliott Monteverde has also been subpoenaed to this grand jury.
The subpoenas to appear before the Grand Jury
provoked the Puerto Rican congressman from New
York, José Serrano, to make a phone call to FBI
chief Robert Mueller, during which Serrano stated
that these cases appear to be the reinitiation of
federal harassment of independentistas.
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1 comment:
WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OPPOSES YOUR RIGHT TO BE FREE!!
Puerto Ricans, whether they are called Independents, Patriots or Nationalists or Freemen, who desire to be free, must always know that the federal government, here in the States has no “subject matter jurisdiction” over the person, case or location and should be challenged to proof it. These are magic words to learn when in Court for desiring freedom for your/our Country.
You won’t be told this in court but: All jury members, judges, attorneys, and employees working in federal court, must reside in federal territory to legally be a federal juror or touch your case or they can be commercially sued, disbarred and financially ruined for violating your constitutional rights etc.
Your god given right to be free is not wanted by the USA, it will oppose your desire for independence and freedom, because the Federal USA is a profit based Corporation.
The Federal Government is a District of Columbia “Corporation”, as are all the States of the USA. These Corporations were formed for the benefit of the real owners. Since June of 1933, everything since then, is under Contract law or commercial law to benefit your masters in power.
The Federal Government owns Puerto Rico as an ASSET, because it is a slave colony—whether you like the idea or not. But the Federal Government takes orders from those who own and run this (Corporation) Country, but are not of this country. The International Bankers, who really own the corporations called the USA, will let PR be free, only if enough real men of Boricua blood wish to be free, by reserving their rights under the Constitution. Their books will be adjusted and we will be free.
The answer to your freedom lies in your Constitutional rights --- To win --You must always reserve your constitutional, commercial rights and know what they are.
The USA has been the biggest alien invaders the world has ever known. In order to win your freedom, you must oppose them by knowing that their weakness lies in their violations and in their treasons to the Constitution and to the common law and common law remedies.
The majority of Americans have no idea that the USA has killed more Latinos, than Hitler Killed Jews, The USA has supported Traitors, Dictators, Gringitos, Butchers, Sociopaths, and Megalomaniacs who were supported and kept in power by these monsters, sucking up to the Anglo Alien Invaders.
Latin America has had enough of this form of genocide of Latinos. That includes other African, Asian etc. countries that lost millions of innocent people from USA aggression.
I want to vomit every time some ignorant fools says: “If you don’t like it here –go home”.
If the Alien Invaders would get out of each and every Latin Country and stop interfering in our affairs—it would make sense to say such a stupid thing. But unless the (Feds) Snakes get out of Latin America-we have just as much right to be here!!! So, grin and put up with it—this was once our land.
A Puerto Rican without a desire for independence and/or freedom from alien control has no soul of a man.
The fact that the public does not know that we are NOT free, makes no difference, to the desire to be free. The PR that wants Statehood is a Gringito, who has no soul of a man left in his traitor's heart. Freedom is happening all over the world and yet we allow Gringitos to kill our right to be free.
A Gringito is a non-Anglo thing/person who internally is so inferior, that he desires to be what he can not be—thus Gringito means little gringo.
The Gringito is like an Uncle Tom to blacks or a collaborator and traitor to many others. To us he/she is all three. “It” is the enemy of freedom all thru out history.
We allow the Alien Invaders to kill, harm, abuse, rape, and scam us and yet the Gringito wants to give our Country away.
This abuse must end. No man or woman is a real Man or real woman who is too scared to fight for their souls and be free. If you listen to the Gringito, you will lose your soul.
Thru out eternity Humanity owes its freedom from slavery, ONLY to brave souls who fought for your right to be free.
The fight will NOT succeed if you don't fight the Gringito enemy/traitor/collaborator at home first. He is there next door and claims he is a real man and tries to give you many excuses of why PR can't be a free Country.
To give away your Country is not a right of aliens or foreigners with NO Puerto Rican Blood.
The right to vote on THIS ISSUE should NOT be given to NON-Puerto Ricans.
The fight for the independence of Puerto Rico is now non-violent and will be won in the hearts of real men around the World.
The Ronbothunter,
A proud freedom loving Puerto Rican.
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