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Subject: FW: El Viejo<br>
Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 10:41:37 -0800<br>
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Subject: FW: El Viejo<br>
Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2005 03:47:15 +0000<br><br>
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From: "Jan Susler" <jsusler@coqui.net><br><br>
Subject: El Viejo<br>
Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2005 21:04:35 -0400<br><br>
Dear Friends: It is with great sadness that I communicate that our dear
Viejo (Reverend José Alberto Torres) passed away this evening at about
6:00 p.m. Chicago time. He was at home surrounded by his daughters and
his loving wife Alejandrina, who tomorrow will announce plans for the
wake and funeral. Tomorrow his daughter Catalina will visit her brother
Carlos Alberto, Puerto Rican political prisoner, to tell him this sad
news. We are initiating a fax campaign to the Bureau of Prisons to permit
Carlos to attend his father's funeral. We offer a sample letter
below, along with the BOP fax number. Faxes should be sent
immediately.<br><br>
Harley G. Lappin, Director<br><br>
Federal Bureau of Prisons<br><br>
320 First St. N.W.<br><br>
Washington, D.C. 20534<br><br>
fax: 202/514-6878<br><br>
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Re: Carlos Alberto Torres, 88976-024<br><br>
Oxford, WI 53952<br><br>
Dear Director Lappin:<br><br>
Having just learned the sad news that Carlos Alberto Torres' father
finally succumbed to cancer on February 5, 2005, we write to urge you to
allow him to attend his father's funeral. As you know, Carlos is one of
the Puerto Rican political prisoners whose unconditional release was
supported by a massive international public campaign which in 1999 led to
a presidential commutation of eleven of his compatriots. As of April 4,
2005, Carlos will have served 25 years in prison, during which time he
has consistently demonstrated conduct which is above reproach. During
Rev. Torres' lengthy illness, prison officials at Oxford made Carlos'
ability to receive visits from his ailing father more difficult.
Alejandrina Torres, his step mother who raised him from a very tender
age, was his father's main caregiver. She also happened to be one of the
political prisoners released as a result of the 1999 presidential
commutation. In spite of her wholly successful reintegration into civil
society, Oxford officials refused to allow her to visit him. As a result
of this cruel decision, Rev. Torres passed away without being able to
enjoy a family reunion with his wife and his only son. We strongly urge
you to extend to this family the humanitarian gesture of allowing Carlos
to attend his father's funeral.<br><br>
Yours truly,<br><br>
Name<br><br>
Address<br><br>
Telephone<br><br>
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