Juez ordena revelar si hubo intervenciones electrónicas ilegales
lunes, 30 de junio de 2008
En la foto Tania Frontera citada al gran jurado...Prensa Asociada
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La jueza Carol B. Amon, del Tribunal federal del Distrito Este de Nueva York, ordenó a la Fiscalía federal y al FBI afirmar o negar si hubo intervenciones electrónicas ilegales para obtener información sobre los jóvenes Tania Frontera y Christopher Torres, quienes han sido citados a comparecer ante un Gran Jurado por sus vínculos con el movimiento independentista.
Según un comunicado del movimiento Mesa de Solidaridad, la jueza dio hasta el próximo 2 de julio para que se someta esa información.
“El fiscal James McGovern solicitó que las vistas para suprimir las citaciones a los independentistas fueran secretas y los documentos, sellados. Los abogados Susan Tipograph y Martin Stolar, del National Lawyers Guild, retaron la petición de la Fiscalía, y la jueza Amon ordenó una audiencia para el 2 de julio, en la cual la Fiscalía y el FBI deben demostrar por qué las vistas tendrían que ser secretas para excluir así a la comunidad y la prensa”, indicó la organización.
Jim Margolin, portavoz del FBI en Nueva York, dijo a la Prensa Asociada que no tenía comentarios.
Tipograph y Stolar presentaron una moción el viernes para que se suprimieran las citaciones de los jóvenes al Gran Jurado federal, que son parte de una investigación que hace el FBI al Ejército Popular Boricua —Los Macheteros— cuyo líder, Filiberto Ojeda, Ríos murió por un tiro que disparó un agente federal durante un operativo el 23 de septiembre de 2005.
La vista judicial para discutir esa moción de supresión fue programada para el 28 de julio, indicó la organización.
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U.S. Attorney and FBI Ordered
June 30, 2008
Associated Press
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U.S. Attorney and FBI Ordered
June 30, 2008
Associated Press
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Judge Carol B. Amon, of the federal Court of the Eastern District of New York, ordered the U.S. Attorney and the FBI to affirm or deny whether there was illegal electronic surveillance to obtain information on Tania Frontera and Christopher Torres, young people who have been subpoenaed to appear before a Grand Jury for their connection to the independence movement.
According to a press release from the movement Table of Solidarity, the judge gave them until July 2 to submit this information.
“U.S. Attorney James McGovern asked that the hearings on the motion to quash the subpoenas of the independentistas be held in secret and the pleadings filed under seal. Attorneys Susan Tipograph and Martin Stolar of the National Lawyers Guild challenged the U.S. attorney’s request and judge Amon ordered a hearing for July 2, at which the U.S. attorney-FBI must show why the hearings should be held in secret, thus excluding the community and the press,” stated the organization.
Jim Margolin, FBI spokesperson in New York, told the Associated Press that he had no comment.
On Friday, Tipograph and Stolar presented a motion to quash the federal Grand Jury subpoenas served on the young people, part of an FBI investigation into the Popular Boricua Army–The Macheteros, whose leader, Filiberto Ojeda Ríos, died from a shot fired by a federal agent during an operation on September 23, 2005.
The judicial hearing to discuss this motion to quash was set for July 28, the organization indicated.
1 comentario:
Machetero Witch-Hunt. I am a former Vieques protestor who participated in the late 90's and stayed in Monte David (see link entitled, "Vieques Protestor = 5+ years FBI Surveillance" at the following website: http://pr.indymedia.org). The FBI and Joint Terrorism Task Force (in Puerto Rico and now New York), have had me under surveillance since at least 2005 and possibly as early as 2002 or even earlier. Yesterday, I emailed Congressman Jose Serrano for assistance and I am still waiting for a response. What follows is the text of that email.
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Honorable Mr. Serrano
My name is Jose XXXXX. I am a native New Yorker of Puerto Rican descent currently residing in NYC. In the late 1990s, I joined the chorus of thousands of other Puerto Ricans who participated in the peaceful protests in Vieques, Puerto Rico.
My participation was limited to participating in a march to the U.N., visiting and camping in the restricted areas of Vieques (Monte David) on two weekends, and sharing, via email, and only with my brother, a blurred photo (taken in Vieques) of someone in a helicopter posing as a protester.
In May of 2005, while living and working in Puerto Rico, I realized I was under FBI surveillance.
My suspicion is that the FBI believes that I am involved with the Macheteros - which I am not, nor have ever been, nor do I know of anyone who is a member.
I say this because the reason I noticed surveillance in May of 2005 is because I reported what appeared to be crime-related events to the FBI while working for the F.A.A. in Carolina, Puerto Rico. There had been an armored truck (Loomis Fargo) robbery in the area (Carolina, Puerto Rico) and I may have glanced a look at the perpetrators minutes before. The FBI told me flat-out they suspected Macheteros were behind the robbery. At first I was treated as a good-Samaritan, a potential "star witness" in the words of the agent who interviewed me. In the ensuing days, weeks, and months, the FBI agents began acting weird, I was treated differently, and I was told a whole other story about who they thought robbed the armored truck - crackheads they said.
I suspect the agents must have been told I had been in Vieques protesting years earlier, and possibly that I was already under investigation. Ironically enough, it was only after the FBI warned me that my life may be in danger, did I become acutely aware of my surroundings to the point that I noticed their surveillance teams had been there all along. I garnered this much from looking at, and comparing, photos of places I visited throughout Puerto Rico and New York, over the course of several years.
Mr. Serrano, I would very much appreciate an opportunity to meet with you and discuss this matter. I know that you have always been a champion of the community, that you have taken great steps to shining a light on this whole topic of the FBI, and the unwarranted surveillance and harassment, of Puerto Ricans engaged in lawful protest and dissent. I would like to share my experience with you and ask for your help in resolving this matter.
To this day I continue to be the target of surveillance and continue to document this fact (since May 2005) via camera and camcorder. I even wonder if it's my picture they are showing the Puerto Ricans called to testify at these grand jury sessions of late.
Best Regards,
Jose Mendez
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