The Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional (en: Armed Forces of National Liberation or Armed Commandos of Liberation) but better known by its initials in Spanish, FALN, is a Puerto Rican clandestine terrorist group that advocates complete independence for Puerto Rico. FALN was responsible for more than 120 bomb attacks on U.S. targets between 1974 and 1983, but has since calmed down. Guerrilla (also called a partisan) is a term borrowed from Spanish (from guerra meaning war) used to describe small combat groups. ... A terrorist organisation is an organisation that engages in terrorist tactics, they are also (perhaps more neutrally) referred to as militant organisations. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Terrorist incidents by FALN

On December 11, 1974, Angel Poggi, a police officer, lost an eye and was permenantly disabled by one of FALN's bombs at 336 East 110th Street in East Harlem. It was his first day on the job. December 11 is the 345th day (346th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... This article is about the Harlem neighborhood in New York City. ...

On January 24, 1975 FALN, through their Communique No. 3 claimed responsiblity for the bombing of the Fraunces Tavern, killing four people and injuring more than 50. No one was ever prosecuted for the bombing. January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... The Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional (en: Armed Forces of National Liberation or Armed Commandos of Liberation) but better known by its initials in Spanish, FALN, is a Puerto Rican clandestine terrorist group that advocates complete independence for Puerto Rico. ... The current Fraunces Tavern restaurant on Pearl Street in lower Manhattan 1. ...

On April 3, 1975, FALN takes responsibilty for four bombings in New York City, by leaving their Communique No. 4 for the Associated Press at a phone booth. The four bombs went off within a 40 minute period. The first bomb exploded on 51 Madison Avenue, the New York Life Insurance Company. The second bomb exploded on 45 East Forty-Ninth Street, the Bankers Trust Company plaza. The third bomb exploded on 340 Park Avenue South, the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company headquarters. The fourth bomb exploded on 5 West Forty-Sixth Street, the Blimpie Base restaurant. At least five people were injured from the bombings. April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Associated Press logo This article concerns the news service. ... MetLife, Inc. ...

On June 9, 1979, FALN exploded a bomb outside of Shubert Theatre in Chicago, injuring five people. June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ... Many theatres are named the Shubert Theatre; many of these are now or were previously owned by the Shubert Theatre Corporation. ...

On March 15, 1980, armed members of FALN raided the campaign headquarters of Carter-Mondale in Chicago and the campaign headquarters of George H. W. Bush in New York City. Seven people in Chicago and ten people in New York are tied up as the offices are vandalized before the FALN members flee. A few days later, Carter delegates in Chicago receive threatening letters from FALN. On April 5, 11 members of FALN are arrested for attempting to rob an armored truck at Northwestern University; three are linked to the raid on the Carter-Mondale campaign headquarters. March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in Leap years). ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Order: 39th President Vice President: Walter Mondale Term of office: January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981 Preceded by: Gerald Ford Succeeded by: Ronald Reagan Date of birth: October 1, 1924 Place of birth: Plains, Georgia First Lady: Rosalynn Carter Political party: Democratic James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr. ... Walter Frederick Fritz Mondale (born January 5, 1928) has been a two-term U.S. Senator, the forty-second vice president of the United States (1977-1981), and the wildly unsuccessful Democratic Party nominee for president in 1984 against the incumbent, Republican Ronald W. Reagan. ... Order: 41st President Vice President: J. Danforth Quayle Term of office: January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993 Preceded by: Ronald Reagan Succeeded by: Bill Clinton Date of birth: June 12, 1924 Place of birth: Milton, Massachusetts First Lady: Barbara Pierce Bush Political party: Republican George Herbert Walker Bush (born June... April 5 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (96th in leap years). ... The Arch, the main entrance to Northwesterns Evanston campus Northwestern University is a private university situated in Evanston, Illinois, on a 240 acre (970,000 m²) campus along the shores of Lake Michigan. ...

Famous group members

Related topics

• Boricua Popular Army
• Pardongate
• General Intelligence Directorate

Filiberto Ojeda Ríos The Boricua Popular Army —or Ejército Popular Boricua in Spanish— is a clandestine organization based on the island of Puerto Rico, with cells throughout the United States. ... President Bill Clinton was widely critized for some pardons and other acts of executive clemency; collectively, these are popularly known as Pardongate. ... The Cuban General Intelligence Directorate (Dirección General de Inteligencia), or DGI, was established under the Cuban Ministry of the Interior in late 1961 shortly after Fidel Castro took power in 1959. ...

External links

• Chronology of FALN activities in the United States (http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/puertorico/faln-chronology.htm)

References

1. Mahony, Edmund (1999). Puerto Rican Independence: The Cuban Connection (http://courant.ctnow.com/projects/victor/). The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut (USA).
2. Mahony, Edmund (1999). The Untold Tale Of Victor Gerena (http://courant.ctnow.com/projects/victor/victor1.stm). The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut (USA).
3. Mickolus, Edward F., Todd Sandler, and Jean M. Murdock (1989). International Terrorism in the 1980s: A Chronology of Events – Volume I: 1980-1983. Iowa State University Press. Ames, Iowa (USA).
4. Mickolus, Edward F., Todd Sandler, and Jean M. Murdock (1989). International Terrorism in the 1980s: A Chronology of Events – Volume II: 1984-1987. Iowa State University Press. Ames, Iowa (USA).
5. Daniel James (1981). Puerto Rican Terrorists Also Threaten Reagan Assassination. Human Events. United States of America.
6. Mickolus, Edward F. (1980) Transnational Terrorism: A Chronology of Events 1968 – 1979. Greenwood Press. Westport, Connecticut.