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| | americas.org - Protest Hits Statue of Liberty (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | The protest was planned by a group called Friends of the Sea and Friends of Vieques, said Carlito Rovira, one of the activists. |
 | | Held by a rope around his waist, Alberto de Jesús Mercado, an environmentalist also known as Tito Kayak, stepped outside one of the windows at the bottom of the statues crown to hang the flags and the banner. |
 | | Tito Kayak was charged with criminal mischief, reckless endangerment and unlawful demonstration, and was released after 30 hours in jail; federal judge Theodore Katz set bail at on $50,000 but suspended it. |
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