Rafael Cancel Miranda | |
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| Born | July 18, 1930 |
| Died | March 2, 2020 (aged 89) |
| Political party | Puerto Rican Nationalist Party |
| Movement | Puerto Rican Independence |
| Spouse | Carmen Jiménez Teruel |
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Rafael Cancel Miranda was the only Nationalist jailed in Alcatraz. | |
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Rafael Cancel Miranda (July 18, 1930 – March 2, 2020) was a poet, political activist, member of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party and an advocate of Puerto Rican independence. On March 1, 1954, Cancel Miranda and three other Nationalists (Lolita Lebrón, Andrés Figueroa Cordero, and Irvin Flores Rodríguez) attacked the House of Representatives while it was in session at the United States Capitol building, firing 30 shots and injuring five Congressmen. The four were arrested, convicted, and sentenced to long prison terms. In 1979, Cancel Miranda's sentence was commuted by United States President Jimmy Carter.[1]
- ^ "Commutations Granted by President Jimmy Carter (1977 - 1981)". December 8, 2017. Archived from the original on January 8, 2021. Retrieved January 7, 2021.