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Coordinating Committee<br>
National Boricua Human Rights Network<br>
<a href="http://www.boricuahumanrights.org/" eudora="autourl">
www.boricuahumanrights.org<br><br>
</a></font><font face="Comic Sans MS" size=3><b>FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE<br><br>
</b></font><font face="Comic Sans MS" size=3>Declaration of the National
Boricua Human Rights Network with regards to the assassination of
patriot<br>
Filiberto Ojeda Ríos<br><br>
The National Boricua Human Rights Network unites with the indignation,
ire and pain of all of our<br>
people because of the assassination of our patriot Filiberto Ojeda Ríos.
We unequivocally denounce his<br>
assassins, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).<br><br>
On Friday, September 23, as our people celebrated another anniversary of
El Grito de Lares, the historic<br>
gesture that proclaimed the existence of the Puerto Rican nation to the
world in 1868, a heavily armed<br>
group of FBI agents assassinated Filiberto Ojeda Ríos in his home in
Hormigüeros, Puerto Rico.<br>
</font>It is clear that these assassins arrived with the mission to
execute Ojeda Ríos; we reject the justification<br>
<font face="Comic Sans MS" size=3>that their intention was to arrest
him.<br><br>
We condemn in the most energetic manner this affront to our people. This
aggressive act of imperialism<br>
is an example of the violence we Boricuas suffer every day at the hands
of racist policeman in our<br>
communities in New York, Philadelphia, Hartford, Boston, Orlando,
Chicago, Cleveland, and wherever<br>
our people reside.<br><br>
</font>We reaffirm our commitment to continue to struggle every day and
with all of our might to ensure the<br>
<font face="Comic Sans MS" size=3>democratic rights of all Puerto Ricans.
We will not allow these terrorist tactics to interfere with the<br>
inalienable right of all Puerto Ricans – whether they reside on the
island or the Diaspora — to self-determination.<br>
We support the declaration of Anibal Acevedo Vila, Governor of Puerto
Rico, who expressed in a press<br>
conference that “there must be a profound and complete investigation into
the actions of the FBI.” In<br>
addition, the National Boricua Human Rights Network demands that those
responsible for this vile<br>
assassination be brought to justice.<br><br>
</font>Many Puerto Rican public officials have condemned this act,
including the Governor of Puerto Rico,<br>
<font face="Comic Sans MS" size=3>legislators and leaders from of Puerto
Rico’s political parties such as the Resident Commissioner, Luis<br>
Fortuno (PNP), the general secretary of the PNP, Thomas Rivera Schatz,
Senate Leader Kenneth<br>
McClintock, and the President of the Puerto Rican Independence Party,
Ruben Berrios, along with the<br>
Puerto Rican Bar Association.<br><br>
Chicago-José E. López, Marisol Morales, 773-332-9627<br>
</font>Philadelfia/Bethlehem-Luis Sanabria, 856-366-5143<br>
Boston-Giovanna Negretti, 617-312-9553<br><br>
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