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Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)

The Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (Armed Forces for National Liberation) -FALN- was an anti-colonial and anti-imperialist clandestine organization based in the diaspora using armed propaganda to advocate for Puerto Rican independence.  

This collection contains a variety of materials by and pertaining to the FALN, its activities and the eleven Puerto Rican political prisoners captured in the early 1980s. In addition to background information and various news clippings, this collection features a number of writings, biographies, poems, and statements from the eleven captured POWs as well as solidarity statements and letters of support. The collection also features FALN communiques, legal background as to the imprisonment of alleged FALN members and a full application, agenda and planning materials for a seminar on terrorism for security forces and the prosecutor's office in Puerto Rico dated 1978.    

Documents

Angel Rodriguez Cristobal Commando communique Angel Rodriguez Cristobal Commando communique
Publisher: FALNDate: 12/31/1982Volume Number: December 31Format: CommuniqueCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Communique taking responsibility for coordinated attacks against US agencies of repression.
Terrorism on Trial Justice and the FALN Terrorism on Trial Justice and the FALN
Author: Gary MarxPublisher: Chicago Tribune Magazine.Year: 1995Volume Number: 22-OctFormat: ArticleCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
About the arrest of 13 members of FALN in April 4, 1980 and the sentence that followed. They have done enough time and lawyers representing 13 FALN and two other nationalist Puertoricans applied for a presidential pardon. \"President Clinton is unlikely to take up the pardon issue before the 1996 elections. No president will risk political suicide by appearing to be soft on terrorists.\"