Episcopal Press and News
Three Brothers Jailed In F.A.L.N. Inquiry
Episcopal News Service. August 31, 1977 [77283]
NEW YORK, N.Y. -- Three brothers were ordered to jail by a Federal judge on August 22 for refusing to provide their fingerprints, palm prints, handwriting and voice samples for an investigation into terrorist bombings attributed to a Puerto Rican nationalist organization known as the F.A.L.N. Judge Richard Owen ordered the brothers to jail for contempt of court after they refused to comply with the subpoenas.
The brothers were identified as Julio Rosado, a 38-year-old warehouseman and former newspaper reporter in San Juan; Luis, 26, a porter, who formerly worked in the office of the Joint Strategy and Action Committee; and Andres, 32, a family counselor for a poverty program. All three live in New York City.
Two of the brothers -- Julio and Luis -- were associated with the former National Commission on Hispanic Affairs of the Episcopal Church. Julio was a member of the commission in 1972-73 and Luis was a member in 1975 and a consultant in 1976.
Marc Marmaro, a Federal prosecutor, said that the Government was not asking the brothers to answer substantive questions and was not offering them immunity from prosecution.
Responsibility for a number of bombings has been claimed by the F.A.L.N., including a 1975 explosion that killed four persons at Fraunces Tavern in lower Manhattan, and a 1977 bombing on Aug. 3, at the Mobil Oil Building in midtown Manhattan, in which one man was killed.
The Government continues to look for Carlos Torres -- who was also a member of the former Episcopal commission -- who has been charged with possession of explosives and flight from prosecution.
Three witnesses previously summoned by the federal grand jury in Manhattan refused to testify after being granted immunity and all three remain in jail. They are Maria Cueto and Raisa Nemikin, both employees of the Episcopal Church Center and associated with the former commission, and Pedro Archuleta, a former member of the commission.