ncountylee - "Was these terrorists members of the same group that Clinton pardoned?"
FormerACLUmember - "Yes, the evil Clintons pardoned the whole crew to help Hillary seize the Senate seat in NY. The story of the terrorists is far more brutal than this short article describes."
Not really. The attacks on the Blair House and later on the Capitol in the 50's were carried out by the Puerto Rico Nationalist Party, as part of an ill-fated revolt that was to occur on the island.
The terrorists that Clinton pardoned were part of another group, based mostly in Chicago and New York, the FALN, who carried out terror acts in the mainland in the 70's and 80's. They sometimes operated in conjunction with the island based "Macheteros".
It must be noted that the Puerto Rico pro-independence movement is tiny, a fringe movement actually, and this thugs wanted to get through violence what they couldn't get through the ballot box. They are all mostly out of action now.
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"Not really. The attacks on the Blair House and later on the Capitol in the 50's were carried out by the Puerto Rico Nationalist Party, as part of an ill-fated revolt that was to occur on the island."
And most of this bunch were pardoned by Jimmy Carter in the late 70's.