Alberto Rodriguez was a Puerto Rican member of the FALN who received a sentence of 35 years for seditious conspiracy and other charges.
However, he was released early from prison, after President Bill Clinton extended a clemency offer in August 1999.
His first ten months in prison were in solitary confinement, where, he says, "I had to search within myself to find the spiritual strength to persevere.
[2][8]: 149 For many years, numerous national and international organizations criticized Rodriguez' incarceration categorizing it as political imprisonment.
[9][10] Alberto Rodriguez was finally released from prison on September 10, 1999,[11] after President Bill Clinton extended him clemency.
Desmond Tutu and former President Jimmy Carter as having been influential on his decision to grant Rodriguez the clemency offer.
[18][19][20] In criticizing President Clinton's decision to release the Puerto Rican prisoners, the conservative U.S. Senate Republican Policy Committee also categorized Rodriguez as a "Puerto Rican Nationalist", echoing a recent Newsweek article.