[Ppnews] Fear for Safety of Camacho Negrón

[Political Prisoner News]

From: Bob Lederer <ledererbob at usa.net>


This is from El Diario La Prensa, apparently from Friday's paper. 
Especially note the last sentence about FBI sweeps in the U.S.

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Fear for Safety of Camacho Negrón
[by] Jesús Dávila

SAN JUAN/EDLP   Correspondent - The lawyer for former Puerto Rican
political prisoner  Antonio  Camacho Negrón yesterday expressed concern
for the physical  safety of her  client in light of the reports that the
FBI is attempting  to arrest him  again, and gave notice that if they
want to communicate  with him that they do  it through her. But, above
all else, attorney  Linda Backiel affirmed that the  Government of the
United States does  not have any reason whatsoever to send  her client to
jail. He has  served a jail sentence that exceeded the maxism  amount of
his sentence  which was imposed on him as a member of the  Popular
Boricua  Army-Macheteros for the robbery of a Wells Faro armored  truck
in West  Hartford, Ct, in 1983.

In spite of this, as of yesterday  Friday,  Backiel had not received any
notice from the U.S. authorities and the   only reports that she had were
those from family members who explained  that  agents of the FBI had
visited their home searching for Camacho  Negrón. Its  assumed that they
want to return Camacho Negrón to jail  with the excuse that  he still has
remaining time to serve of his  sentence.

Regarding his  whereabouts his lawyer said that "He is in  Puerto Rico and
he is free". She  expressed to federal authorities that  "I am warning
you that I represent  him", so that if they want to  communicate with
him, "they must do it through  me". Bakiel, who  represented Camacho
Negrón during the Wells Fargo trial,  submitted to  EL DIARIO/LA PRENSA
all the documentation pertinent to his  leaving  prison in August of
2004. Based on what is contained in the documents   Backiel explained
that her client was kept in prison more time than was   permitted by law
and that when they finally released him he there was  not  even enough
time left so that we could be under the supervision of  a  probation
officer. In addition, Backiel also turned over a letter in  which  all
these reasons were detailed to the Parole Office and  indicated that  she
never received any response.

In her view, this  new action by the FBI  is due to "a reprisal" against
Camacho Negrón  because of his statements  denouncing the FBI operation
in Hormigueros  during which federal agents  murdered the Commander of
the Popular  Boricua Army-Macheteros, Filiberto  Ojeda. "He has not done
anything  illegal", said Backiel and added in response  to questions by
the press,  that after what happened to Ojeda "I cannot say  that I will
sleep with  any tranquility." Following the assault and murder of  Ojeda
Ríos, that  took place on September 23, agents of the FBI have begun  an
operation  on a grand scale that involves the cities of Chicago,  New
York,  Philadelphia and Puerto Rico. According to attorneys  and
advocates of  civil liberties, FBI agents on several occasions  wearing
bullet-proof  vests have arrived at homes and places of work of  former
political  prisoners and persons who are identified with the  struggle
for the  independence of Puerto Rico.




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