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In acknowledgement of the issues related to Puerto Rico's status, Truman supported a 1952 plebiscite in Puerto Rico. 81.9% of votes were in favor of Puerto Rico continuing as a Free Associated State of the US. [5] Collazo was convicted in federal court and sentenced to death, which Truman commuted to life in prison.
Oscar Collazo (January 20, 1914 – February 21, 1994) was a Puerto Rican militant of the Nationalist Party.He and Griselio Torresola were responsible for the attempted assassination of U.S. President Harry S. Truman in Washington, D.C. on November 1, 1950.
Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953.Serving as vice president in 1945, he assumed the presidency upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Upon learning of Carter’s death, ... them earlier for the death of former President Harry S. Truman on Dec. 26, 1972. ... men in uniform who gave so much on the battlefields and in the prison ...
Collazo wounded an officer before being shot in the stomach. Collazo survived with serious injuries; Coffelt died of his wounds 4 hours later in a hospital. Truman was not harmed, but he was placed at a huge risk. Collazo was convicted in a federal trial and received the death sentence. Truman commuted Collazo's death sentence to life in prison.
President Truman commuted his sentence to life. After serving 27 years in Leavenworth Federal Prison in Kansas, Collazo had his sentence commuted to time served by President Jimmy Carter. Collazo was released in 1979 and soon returned to Puerto Rico where he continued to support the independence movement. He died in 1994 at age 80.
Truman died on Dec. 26, 1972 — exactly 50 years ago. The following morning, as Independence prepared for a presidential funeral, Pritchard, then 15, grabbed the family’s Super 8 video camera ...
She was the wife of Oscar Collazo one of two Nationalists who attacked Blair House in 1950 in an attempt to kill President Harry Truman. She was accused by the FBI of assisting Nationalists Lolita Lebrón , Rafael Cancel Miranda , Irvin Flores and Andres Figueroa Cordero in their assault on the United States House of Representatives in 1954.