should have left them in prison:
United States law enforcement first learned of the existence of the FALN on October 26, 1974, the date the group issued a communiqué taking credit for five bombings in New York. . Ultimately, over the next decade, FALN activities resulted in 72 actual bombings, 40 incendiary attacks, 8 attempted bombings and 10 bomb threats, resulting in 5 deaths, 83 injuries, and over $3 million in property damage.
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The capture and conviction of the individual members of the FALN and Macheteros brought an end to the reign of terror in Puerto Rico and the United States. Although a few random assaults may have occurred, mostly in Puerto Rico, the continual assaults on New York, Chicago, and law enforcement and Naval officers in Puerto Rico virtually came to a halt.
fas.org
here is some more to chew on:
Much of the recent discussion surrounding the clemency decision has focused on the suspicious timing in light of Hillary Clinton's political aspirations, on Vice President Gore's conspicuous silence on the issue and on the unanimous counsel of senior law-enforcement officials against the release of the terrorists. Largely absent has been the voice of the Puerto Rican community.
I fear President Clinton may only have succeeded in igniting resentment and suspicion against the Puerto Rican people -- by fueling the assumption that we all supported the clemency decision. Most of us did not. And we do not want to give our fellow Americans the mistaken impression that our sympathies lie with terrorism. Mr. Clinton needs to know that Puerto Rico stands with the U.S. against terrorism -- and we emphatically reject any insinuation to the contrary.
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