"In Commemoration of the 45th Anniversary of the Attica Prison Uprising" essay by Alvaro Luna Hernandez
Dublin Core
Title
"In Commemoration of the 45th Anniversary of the Attica Prison Uprising" essay by Alvaro Luna Hernandez
Description
Essay commemorating the Attica prison uprising of September 9 - 13, 1971.
Alvaro invites contact from supporters. To find his current address, please visit https://offender.tdcj.texas.gov/OffenderSearch/start and enter in his name and TDCJ number. Note the address included in these documents is outdated.
You can also visit his website at http://freealvaronow.blogspot.com
From his website:
"Who is Alvaro Luna Hernandez?
Alvaro Hernandez Luna was sentenced in Odessa, TX on June 2-9, 1997 to 50 years in prison for defending himself by disarming a police officer drawing a weapon on him (unarmed). The trial evidence clearly showed Alvaro was the victim of "witchhunts" and a police-orchestrated conspiracy to frame or eliminate him.
History of A Longtime Freedom Fighter
Police informants were used to monitor Alvaro's organizing activites in the barrio. They were told Alvaro was "typing legal papers," "had many books" and was working on police brutality cases in Alpine.
The police knew of Alvaro's history of community-based organizing and his legal skills. Alvaro was recognized nationally and internationally as the national coordiantor of the Ricardo Aldape Guerra Defense Committee, which led the struggle to free Mexican national Aldape Guerra from Texas' death row after being framed by Houston police for allegedly killing a cop. Alvaro's human rights work was recognized in Italy, France, Spain, Switzerland, Mexico and other countries."
Alvaro invites contact from supporters. To find his current address, please visit https://offender.tdcj.texas.gov/OffenderSearch/start and enter in his name and TDCJ number. Note the address included in these documents is outdated.
You can also visit his website at http://freealvaronow.blogspot.com
From his website:
"Who is Alvaro Luna Hernandez?
Alvaro Hernandez Luna was sentenced in Odessa, TX on June 2-9, 1997 to 50 years in prison for defending himself by disarming a police officer drawing a weapon on him (unarmed). The trial evidence clearly showed Alvaro was the victim of "witchhunts" and a police-orchestrated conspiracy to frame or eliminate him.
History of A Longtime Freedom Fighter
Police informants were used to monitor Alvaro's organizing activites in the barrio. They were told Alvaro was "typing legal papers," "had many books" and was working on police brutality cases in Alpine.
The police knew of Alvaro's history of community-based organizing and his legal skills. Alvaro was recognized nationally and internationally as the national coordiantor of the Ricardo Aldape Guerra Defense Committee, which led the struggle to free Mexican national Aldape Guerra from Texas' death row after being framed by Houston police for allegedly killing a cop. Alvaro's human rights work was recognized in Italy, France, Spain, Switzerland, Mexico and other countries."
Creator
Alvaro Luna Hernandez aka Xinachtli
Source
Inside Books Project
Date
2016 September 1
Collection
Citation
Alvaro Luna Hernandez aka Xinachtli
, “"In Commemoration of the 45th Anniversary of the Attica Prison Uprising" essay by Alvaro Luna Hernandez,” Inside Books Project Archive, accessed May 3, 2024, https://ibparchive.texasafterviolence.org/items/show/341.
Social Bookmarking
Embed
Copy the code below into your web page