García Padilla calls for release of Oscar López
The governor made the claim to the U.S. Attorney Eric Holder
Oscar Lopez has 32 years in prison. (AP)
By Joseph A. Delgado / <a href="mailto:jdelgado@elnuevodia.com">jdelgado@elnuevodia.com</a>
WASHINGTON - Gov. Alejandro García Padilla included today in his meeting with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, the demand for release of political prisoner Oscar López Rivera.
As part of a meeting focused on strategies to combat crime and drug trafficking, the Governor announced that Holder spoke in support of the release of Lopez Rivera, who last month turned 32 years in prison.
Joining the Secretary of the Interior, Ingrid Vila, and the attorney general, Luis Sanchez Betances, Garcia Padilla and gave off a series of meetings with members of President Barack Obama and Sen. Ron Wyden, Chairman of the Committee Energy and Natural Resources.
García Padilla in May wrote to President Obama in support of the release of Lopez Rivera, convicted of "seditious conspiracy" because of its links to the clandestine group Armed Forces of National Liberation (FALN).
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