Camacho Negrón released after 16 years
On May 24, after 16 years in U.S. prisons, Puerto Rican
freedom fighter and prisoner of war Antonio Camacho
Negrón was finally released. His release had been
scheduled earlier in the week, but was delayed by the
government.
The next day, surrounded by family and supporters, Camacho
Negrón addressed a large crowd at a welcome home event
at St. Mary's Church in Harlem. Arrested in 1986, he was
sentenced to 15 years for allegedly participating in a
"conspiracy and inter-state transportation of money" in a Wells
Fargo robbery in Connecticut. In fact, his arrest and that of
15 others was part of a U.S. government dragnet against the
independence movement of Puerto Rico.
Camacho Negrón thanked the heroes behind the scenes
for their fight to win his freedom and vowed to continue the
struggle to free Puerto Rico from U.S. colonial hands. He also
read a poem he wrote to his son, Esteban.
--Imani Henry
Reprinted from the June 6, 2002, issue of
Workers World newspaper
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