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	macheteros (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Los Macheteros were organized in the 1970s by Filiberto Ojeda Rios, Juan Enrique Segarra Palmer and Orlando Gonzalez Claudio.
		Los Macheteros most infamous act was a Wells Fargo depot robbery of approximately $7 million in West Hartford, Connecticut (USA) in September 12, 1983.
		In the 1990s Los Macheteros claimed responsability on a bomb explosion that ocurred in a small power station in the Puerto Rican metropolitan area.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /Macheteros.html (532 words)

	Boricua Popular Army - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Although the group has claimed responsibility for numerous armed robberies and bombings since 1978, and is still led by Filiberto Ojeda Ríos, a former FBI Most Wanted Fugitive, they have refocused their resources and networks to political, information and enforcement support for the general independence and nationalist movement.
		Los Macheteros were organized in the 1970s by Filiberto Ojeda Ríos, Juan Enrique Segarra Palmer and Orlando Gonzalez Claudio.
		The Macheteros claim (and many historians agree) that part of the reason for their formation and actions was to defend Puerto Rico's legal process and political evolution from US Government intervention.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Los_Macheteros (956 words)

	Los Macheteros Information - TextSheet.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Los Macheteros is a revolutionary left-wing group that operates from Puerto Rico.
		January 2, 1977, one day after Carlos Romero Barcelo, who looked for Puerto Rico to become the 51st state of the American Union, was sworn in as Puerto Rico's governor, two bombs were placed at a ROTC building in San Juan.
		The Macheteros are considered to terrorists by some Puerto Ricans and patriotic heroes or simply patriots by others, because they seek the independence of Puerto Rico.
	sparrow.sferahost.com /encyclopedia/l/lo/los_macheteros.html (350 words)

	CLEMENCY FOR TERRORISTS:
		The Macheteros, a terrorist group whose goal is the independence of Puerto Rico from the United States, literally translates as "the machete wielders." The group generally carries out its terrorist activities within Puerto Rico, and the name bespeaks the violence for which they are known.
		A Macheteros communiqué claiming credit for the attack indicated that it was in reprisal for the death of an independentista in a Florida prison.
		According to a statement by the Macheteros, the attack was in retaliation for "environmental aggression," and was "only the beginning of what from now on will constitute a line of action in defense of our country." The Macheteros also took responsibility for the June 9, 1998, attacks on two branches of the Banco Popular.
	www.fas.org /irp/world/para/docs/final_faln_rpt2.htm (16715 words)

	Filiberto Ojeda Rios. Who is Filiberto Ojeda Rios? What is Filiberto Ojeda Rios? Where is Filiberto Ojeda Rios? ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Filiberto Ojeda Ríos (born in April 26, 1933) is wanted by the FBI for his role in the 1983 Wells Fargo depot robbery in West Hartford, Connecticut as well as bond default in September of 1990.
		On September 12, 1983 Los Macheteros stole approximately $7 million from a Wells Fargo depot in West Hartford, Connecticut (USA).
		In 1985, 19 members of Los Macheteros were indicted for offenses associated with the robbery.
	www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/Filiberto_Ojeda_Rios (385 words)

	Armed Forces of Puerto Rican National Liberation / Fuerzas Armadas Liberacion Nacional Puertoriquena (FALN) / Popular ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Similar to the FALN, the existence of the Macheteros became publicly known when the group sent a communiqué to the United Press International in which they claimed credit for the death of a Puerto Rican police officer on August 24, 1978.
		In order to achieve their goals, the Macheteros conducted an armed struggle against the United States Government, mainly represented through attacks on military and police, in several cases causing the death of U.S. servicemen.
		The capture and conviction of the individual members of the FALN and Macheteros brought an end to the reign of terror in Puerto Rico and the United States.
	www.fas.org /irp/world/para/faln.htm (325 words)

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		The evidence at trial showed that petitioner was an important figure in the organization, that he had possession of numerous documents describing the planning of the Wells Fargo robbery and subsequent transfers of the stolen funds, and that he directly participated in transporting stolen money out of the United States.
		Consequently, the court of appeals concluded that the jury could not have understood "that it was to convict defendants of conspiracy on the basis of their membership in Los Macheteros." /3/ Id. at 7496.
		The evidence of petitioner's involvement in Los Macheteros' illegal activities was plainly relevant to show his knowing participation in the conspiracy to commit the offenses charged in the indictment.
	www.usdoj.gov /osg/briefs/1990/sg900027.txt (857 words)

	americas.org - Macheteros Reappear (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Los Macheteros, a pro-independence group active in Puerto Rico in the 1970s and 1980s, has apparently reappeared.
		Filiberto Ojeda Ríos, the self-described leader of the group, also known as the Popular Army of Boricua, declared that Los Macheteros was responsible for recent explosions at an aqueduct project.
		He did not explain the purpose of blowing up the aqueduct, which was designed to pump water from the northern and central parts of the country to San Juan.
	www.americas.org /item_11504 (123 words)

	Los Macheteros
		Los Macheteros is a terrorist group that operates in Puerto Rico.
		Among those who came over from FUPI were Marta Sanchez Olmeda[?] and Avelino Gonzalez Claudio[?] who used the alias of Carmelo.
		Clearly, unlike Ruben Berrios' PIP party movement, The Macheteros agenda was to try to make Puerto Rico independent by means of violence.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/lo/Los_Macheteros.html (272 words)

	Clinton Offer Includes Mastermind of 1983 Wells Fargo Robbery
		The 16 convicted independence advocates are members of the FALN guerrilla group and Los Macheteros, radical organizations responsible for at least 130 bomb attacks on political and military targets in the mainland United States and in Puerto Rico from 1974 to 1983.
		When Filiberto Ojeda-Rios, who founded Los Macheteros, was arrested for his part in the Wells Fargo robbery, he fired on FBI agents, hitting one agent in the head and costing him the sight in one eye.
		Administration officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Clinton's action was in response to a campaign by human rights advocates who have argued that members of the FALN and Los Macheteros were punished too harshly in light of their crimes.
	www.jonathanpollard.org /1999/081299a.htm (1249 words)

	MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base
		The Macheteros first recorded terrorist action was the murder of a Puerto Rican police officer.
		Current Goals: While the Macheteros are based in Puerto Rico, a bank robbery in the United States precipitated a severe blow to the terrorist group.
		While the Macheteros escaped with the majority of the stolen money, enough evidence was gathered from the bank investigation to arrest several key Macheteros leaders.
	www.tkb.org /Group.jsp?groupID=3227 (414 words)

	Eco Latino -- Editorials -- Freed Puerto Rican Nationalist Speaks Out -- June 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A founding member of "Los Macheteros," Segarra Palmer was released early from a U.S. federal prison in Florida this year after serving 19 years of a 55-year sentence.
		Rodriquez was the main witness in the case that led to the ultimate downfall of the Machetero movement: the Wells Fargo heist in 1983 of $7.2 million in Hartford, Conn., one of the most spectacular robberies in U.S. history.
		The argument behind the Clinton pardons was that the sentences between 35 and 90 years that the "Macheteros" had received were too severe.
	www.ecolatino.com /en/stories/060104/edi_18e.shtml (651 words)

	Bounty on Macheteros Reaches $1 Million [en] : CMI-PR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		On Tuesday federal authorities announced a $950,000 increase from a $50,000 reward for the capture of a heroic Puerto Rican nationalist Victor M. Gerena for his $7.2 million robbery of a West Hartford armored car depot in 1983.
		This increased reward comes as a message from Filiberto Ojeda Rios, the founder of Los Macheteros, was released in various locations, one of which was threw Puerto Rico’s Independent Media Center.
		Or it may be that the FBI have picked up on some information that may point out that Los Macheteros are becoming active once again after the recent elections, still with no clear winner.
	indymediapr.org /print.php?id=5824 (633 words)

	María Elena Salinas - Columns. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		All were members of an armed radical group called “Los Macheteros,” or “the machete wielders.” For more than a decade they attacked U.S. interests in Puerto Rico, hoping it would lead to an end of what they considered the illegal U.S. colonization of the island dating back to 1898.
		He was the agent assigned to the Machetero case in the mid-’80s in Puerto Rico.
		The criticism, among others, was that Clinton did it to help his wife, Hillary, win votes among the Puerto Rican community in her bid for the Senate in New York.
	www.mariaesalinas.com /column.php?article=27 (515 words)

	Former spy to testify about Cuban support for Los Macheteros / MSNBC - Cuba News / Noticias - CubaNet News
		In September, Clinton freed 11 jailed nationalists, members of Los Macheteros, Spanish for "The Cane Cutters," or the FALN, the Spanish acronym for the Armed Forces of National Liberation.
		Masetti and his wife, Ileana, daughter of a Cuban intelligence officer, are both expected to discuss Cuban support for revolutionary groups and narcotics smuggling during the 1980s.
		Between 1980 and 1983, the time of the planning and execution of the Wells Fargo robbery, Masetti was stationed at the Cuban embassy in Mexico City.
	www.cubanet.org /CNews/y99/dec99/30e3.htm (838 words)

	Puerto Ricans linked to spies for Cuba (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Los Macheteros, with the exception of the $7.1 million Wells Fargo robbery, attacked U.S. government targets in Puerto Rico.
		None of the prisoners offered clemency were directly involved in violent acts, Clinton said, and he acted on human rights activists' arguments that the prisoners had paid their debt by serving an average 19 years in jail.
		In its Wells Fargo investigation, the FBI learned that Machetero leaders met regularly with their Cuban contacts in Mexico City, but sometimes also met in Cuba.
	www.jonathanpollard.org /1999/110699.htm (320 words)

	WorldNetDaily: Clinton's sympathy for Marxist terrorists
		The Macheteros intended to use the money to finance a terrorist campaign against the United States.
		The ultimate goal of the FALN and the Macheteros is the creation of an independent Marxist-Leninist dictatorship on the island of Puerto Rico.
		Waller explains that Bielsa, a high ranking Cuban official, is charged with overseeing the terrorist activities of the FALN and the Macheteros.
	www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=19760 (1271 words)

	Possible Macheteros office contained FBI info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Federal authorities declined to confirm reports Wednesday that a thorough list of FBI agents and information on them were found in a small office that could be a "safe house" for the Macheteros terrorist group.
		Among other items found in the office were stacks of envelopes bearing the return addresses of La Fortaleza, the Commonwealth Justice Department and the Treasury Department.
		The Macheteros' first known act was the murder of a police officer, Julio Roman Rodriguez, on Aug. 25, 1978.
	www.latinamericanstudies.org /puertorico/office.htm (536 words)

	PUERTO RICO HERALD: CLEMENCY FOR TERRORISTS:Final Report of the Committee on Government Reform (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Torres, Cortes, and Alberto Rodriguez openly admitted that, "they believed violence was a morally acceptable and legitimate tool and the only one available, to free their homeland from American dominance." A jury found all four guilty of at least some of the charges brought against them.
		Former Macheteros member Carlos Rodriguez implicated Juan Segarra Palmer, who was granted clemency by the President, in the attack on the Navy bus.
		Macheteros documents showed that Ramirez was a salaried member of the Macheteros since June 1980.
	www.puertorico-herald.org /issues/vol3n53/ComiteFinalReport-en.shtml (17100 words)

	Puerto Ricans Stop Work to March Against Telephone Company Privatization
		Regardless of which Macheteros branch it is, this is a bit deceiving.
		I really have no objection to their participation, but presenting either Machetero group side by side with a labor union is asking for trouble and may poison the discussion.
		The Macheteros speak the truth and have very good positions, but because of their past actions, they remain at the fringes of political discussion and are (unfairly) regarded by many as merely a terrorist group.
	www.labournet.org.uk /oct97/prtele.html (1720 words)

	Filiberto Ojeda Ríos - free-definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Ríos is the current leader of the Boricua Popular Army, a terrorist group with base in Puerto Rico and commonly known as Los Macheteros.
		On September 12, 1983, Los Macheteros stole approximately $7 million from a Wells Fargo depot in West Hartford, Connecticut.
		In the course of the robbery, Ríos was confronted from a distance by law enforcement officials, and allegedly fired upon them.
	www.free-definition.com /Filiberto-Ojeda-R%C3%ADos.html (356 words)

	Armored Universe - The Armored Car Industry Source (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The government ultimately indicted 19 members of Los Macheteros, or the Cane Cutters, for participating in the robbery.
		According to Wolf, Los Macheteros has a bloody history, including claims of responsibility for a series of bombings, murders and armed attacks against authorities in Puerto Rico and U.S. interests there.
		Ojeda Rios, the alleged leader of Los Macheteros, was released on bail in 1988 after about three years in prison awaiting trial in Connecticut.
	www.armoreduniverse.com /news.asp?id=889 (611 words)

	No. 99-F 21 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The terrorists Clinton recently freed belonged to the FALN and a related group, the Boricua Popular Army-Macheteros, or the Macheteros.
		An intelligence source tells Insight that Garcia Bielsa personally oversaw the funding and direction of the Macheteros, a clandestine militant organization that seeks to convert Puerto Rico into an independent, Marxist-Leninist state.
		Machetero members offered clemency were serving time in connection with the 1983 armed robbery of a Wells Fargo armored truck in Connecticut to finance their terrorist activity.
	www.security-policy.org /papers/1999/99-F21.html (1483 words)

	Domestic terrorist groups responsible for terrorist incidents in 1985 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		It claimed credit with the Ejercito Popular Boricua (EPB) – Macheteros for the theft of explosives from the public works warehouse of Manati, Puerto Rico.
		On December 3, 1979, there was an ambush of a U.S. Navy bus at Sabana Seca, Puerto Rico.
		This attack was claimed with the EPB – Macheteros and the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucion Puertoiquena (FARP).
	www.uni-duisburg.de /FB3/ANGLISTIK/Hpanglistik/projekte/Maksymiuk/terr/domesticterroristgroups.htm (285 words)

	Los Macheteros: The Wells Fargo Robbery and the Violent Struggle for Puerto Rican Independence, Prentice Hall, Ronald ...
		Using the legendary robbery by Los Macheteros (The Machete Wielders) to the Wells Fargo in 1983 as an epicenter, Fernandez presents the story behind the scenes, and explains why Puerto Rico is "an island that handled ignorantly, could easily become America's Northern Ireland."
		Fernandez also provides the reader with a brief, yet enlightening, history of Puerto Rico and its relations to the United States and in doing so lays the groundwork for an explanation of the motives that lead the "Macheteros" to advocate independence for Puerto Rico by any means necessary.
		A must read for anyone interested in the hypocrisy of U.S. domestic (foreign to the macheteros) policy and for those interested in finding out some of the history behind the release of the Puerto Rican political prisoners several months ago.
	allentech.net /bookstore/item_00135406005P.html (297 words)

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