The Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional (English: Armed Forces of National Liberation , FALN) was a Puerto Rican clandestine paramilitary organization that, through direct action , advocated independence for Puerto Rico . It carried out more than 130 bomb attacks in the United States between 1974 and 1983, including a 1975 bombing of the Fraunces Tavern in New York City that killed four people.
15-585: (Redirected from Martin Perez ) Martín Pérez may refer to: Martín Pérez (artist) , Nuyorican artist and musician Martín Pérez (baseball) (born 1991), Venezuelan baseball pitcher Martín Pérez (politician) , Peruvian politician Martín Pérez de Ayala , Spanish bishop Martín Pérez Disalvo ( Coscu ), Argentine eSports player and singer Martín Pérez Guedes , Argentine footballer Martín Perezlindo , Argentine footballer [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
30-421: A result of police brutality , with the hanging story as a coverup. There were a wide range of responses to his death. Members of Taller Boricua assembled the "December 1st committee" that organized peaceful protests in response to Tito Pérez's death and police brutality . They also posted fliers and prints across New York City to raise awareness, turning Tito Pérez's death into a cause. On December 11, 1974,
45-666: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Mart%C3%ADn P%C3%A9rez (artist) Martín " Tito " Pérez (1943 – December 1974) was a visual artist and musician of Puerto Rican descent based in New York City. He was involved in the Taller Boricua and the broader Nuyorican movement . Tito Pérez died in police custody under suspicious circumstances and his death sparked protests in East Harlem . Not much
60-510: Is documented about Martín Tito Pérez's life before his time at Taller Boricua . He met the artist Jorge Soto Sánchez in the early 1970s and the two young artists joined Taller Boricua in 1971. Many young Nuyorican artists struggled financially early in their careers and Tito Pérez was known to busk with conga drums in the New York City subway system. Artwork made by Tito Pérez includes paintings as well as prints, often made collaboratively with other members of Taller Boricua . His works are in
75-535: The Armed Forces of Puerto Rican National Liberation set off a bomb in East Harlem that they labeled their response to Tito Pérez's death. This explosive seriously injured the Puerto Rican NYPD officer Angel Poggi who was tasked with following up on a reported body in an abandoned home. Fuerzas Armadas de Liberaci%C3%B3n Nacional Puertorrique%C3%B1a The FALN served as the predecessor of
90-584: The Boricua Popular Army . The organization's intention was to draw attention to what they described as the "colonial condition" of Puerto Rico through armed action against the United States government and military . The modus operandi of the FALN was to perform bombing and incendiary actions and then admit responsibility through press releases. The first of these news releases announced
105-423: The Boricua Popular Army . Several of the organization's members were arrested and convicted for seditious conspiracy , conspiracy to commit robbery and for firearms and explosives violations. On August 11, 1999 United States President Bill Clinton offered clemency to sixteen of the convicted militants under the condition that they renounce any kind of violent manifestation. This decision drew criticism towards
120-778: The Clinton administration from figures including the Office of the United States Attorney , the FBI , and the United States Congress . The group was a 1970s Marxist–Leninist militant group which fought to transform Puerto Rico into a socialist-communist form of government. The Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional was founded in the 1960s. It was one of several organizations established during that decade that promoted "clandestine armed struggles" against
135-862: The United States government that the movement described as the "colonial forces of the United States". The group was founded following decades of persecution by the FBI, including illegal imprisonments and assassination against members of the Puerto Rican independence movement . The group was part of a movement that included other clandestine organizations, including the Movimiento Independentista Revolucionario Armado , Organización de Voluntarios por la Revolución Puertorriqueña and Los Comandos Armados de Liberación , and served as predecessor for what would become
150-569: The United States respectively, the goal of which were to organize a People's Revolutionary Army which they expected would "rid Puerto Rico of Yanki colonialism". Both fronts were supported and maintained by allies within Puerto Rico and North America. On August 11, 1999, U.S. President Bill Clinton offered clemency to sixteen members of the FALN convicted for seditious conspiracy, conspiracy to commit robbery, and conspiracy to bomb-making, as well as for firearms and explosives violations. None of
165-405: The collection of El Museo del Barrio . Martín Tito Pérez was arrested for disorderly conduct while he was playing conga drums in the subway on December 1, 1974. Police later reported that he had hanged himself with a belt in his cell at the 25th precinct police station in East Harlem . Friends of Tito Pérez claimed that he never wore a belt and many community members believed his death to be
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#1732780803091180-526: The group's intention; in this document they admitted responsibility for attacks on several locations in New York to weaken the " Yanki capitalist monopoly", and demanded the release of five political prisoners, these were: Lolita Lebrón , Oscar Collazo , Rafael Cancel Miranda , Andres Figueroa , and Irvin Flores . In this communique, the organization warns that they had opened two fronts, in Puerto Rico and
195-406: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Martín_Pérez&oldid=1157156892 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
210-555: The sixteen were convicted of bombings or any crime which injured another person, and all of the sixteen had served nineteen years or longer in prison which, according to the White House, were longer sentences than such crimes typically received. President Clinton offered the clemency at the appeal of 10 Nobel Peace Prize laureates, President Jimmy Carter , the Archbishop of New York, and the Archbishop of Puerto Rico, and it
225-585: Was conditional on prisoners renouncing violence. The commutation was opposed by U.S. Attorney's Office, the FBI, and the Federal Bureau of Prisons and criticized by many including former victims of FALN terrorist activities, the Fraternal Order of Police , and members of Congress. Hillary Clinton in her campaign for Senator also criticized the commutation, although she had earlier been supportive. FALN prisoner Oscar López Rivera rejected
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