Draft:Carlos Feliciano

Carlos J. López Feliciano is a retired judge from the Puerto Rico's Court of Appeals.[1] He also served as Electoral Commissioner for the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) in the State Elections Commission, and former Secretary General of the PPD during the early 2000s.[2] López Feliciano was superintendent of the Puerto Rico police from 1985 to 1989, and Rafael Hernandez Colon was the governor of the island who appointed him this position.[3] As the island's police chief, Lopez Feliciano participated in the rescue operations and investigation of the tragic Dupont Plaza fire that took place on 1987 New Year's Eve during a labor dispute, killing 96 people.[4] A former police agent, William Colón Berríos, who was found guilty of conspiracy and perjury explained during a radio interview how the Intelligence Division created files during the 1970s and 1980s of alleged subversives and said Carlos Lopez Feliciano had a file in the Intelligence Division because he sympathized with left-leaning pro-independence politicians.[5] Lopez Feliciano retired from public service during the early 2010s, and wrote commentary notes about law and politics for El Nuevo Dia newspaper until the early 2020s.[6]

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  1. ^ https://www.elnuevodia.com/autor/carlos-j-lopez-feliciano/
  2. ^ https://www.metro.pr/pr/noticias/2020/08/19/rama-judicial-ya-atiende-tres-querellas-destitucion-presidente-la-cee.html
  3. ^ https://rafaelhernandezcolon.org/galeria-3-de-marzo-de-1986-mensaje-en-la-juramentacion-del-lcdo-carlos-lopez-feliciano-como-superintendente-de-la-policia/
  4. ^ https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/01/05/Investigators-confirmed-the-fire-that-roared-through-the-Dupont/8199536821200/
  5. ^ Blanco-Rivera, Joel (2005). "The Forbidden Files: Creation and Use of Surveillance Files Against the Independence Movement in Puerto Rico". The American Archivist. 68 (2): 297–311. doi:10.17723/aarc.68.2.n2ql6618n0267501.
  6. ^ https://www.elnuevodia.com/opinion/punto-de-vista/la-policia-necesita-un-lider-solidario/