Alicia Rodríguez (born 1953, Chicago) is a Puerto Rican member of the FALN who received a sentence of 55 years for seditious conspiracy and other charges.
On her third and last trip, as a biology student at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Alicia was heartbroken to see the devastating effects of industrial pollution on the island and resolved to combat the root of the problem - colonialism.
Rather, they had been convicted on a variety of charges ranging from bomb making and conspiracy to armed robbery and firearms violations.
[8] They were all convicted for sedition, the act of attempting to overthrow the Government of the United States in Puerto Rico by force.
Amnesty International and the House of Representatives' Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Administration of Justice both criticized the conditions.
[4] A federal judge also expressed concerns regarding FALN prisoners held at the Female High Security Unit, Lexington, Kentucky.
[1] For many years, numerous national and international organizations criticized Rodriguez' incarceration categorizing it as political imprisonment.
Alicia and her sister Ida Luz Rodriguez are attempting to lead a quiet life after spending 20 years in prison.