FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Ernesto Fraga
Contact: Ernesto Fraga
Tel. (254) 752-7528
Date:
7/26/2016
PRESS RELEASE
NATIONAL
POLITICAL CAMPAIGN TO FREE RAMIRO “RAMSEY” MUÑIZ TAKES CARAVAN FOR FREEDOM TO
PHILADELPHIA
The family and
supporters of Ramiro “Ramsey: Muñiz are taking a Caravan for Freedom to Philadelphia to get the attention of
President Barack Obama and Hillary R. Clinton, presidential candidate for the
Democratic Party.
Pablo Delgado
and Jorge Lopez of McAllen, Texas, and lifelong supporters of Muñiz will arrive
in Philadelphia to take their message of freedom to the Democratic National
Convention, and garner support for the release of Muñiz.
Ramsey Muñiz,
who is remembered for helping many people, is respected for his positive
contributions during the Chicano Civil Rights Movement. He was a noted voice for
Chicanos, Mexican Americans, and others during the 60s and 70s. As a result he
became subject to scrutiny and encountered multiple legal problems. He has
served over twenty years of a life sentence in federal prisons for non-violent
drug offenses. Muñiz was among the first in the country to be sentenced under
the Three Strikes Law, which tied the hands of federal judges regarding
sentencing. At 73 years of age and in deteriorating health, he spends 90% of
his time in a wheelchair. He, along with family members and supporters, seeks a
Compassionate Release or Commutation of Sentence from President Barack Obama
before he leaves office.
His wife, Irma
has stated, “Muñiz, a former attorney and candidate for Governor of Texas in 1972
and 1974, is in deteriorating health. Many in the Mexican American, Chicano,
Hispanic, and Latino activist communities throughout the country have called on
the Department of Justice and the Obama Administration to ensure that his
petitions for Compassionate Release and Commutation of Sentence receive due
consideration.”
Organizations
such as the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) and the American
GI Form have sent resolutions to President Barack Obama, seeking the freedom of Ramsey Muñiz. They have asked
why name of Ramiro “Ramsey” Muñiz has not been listed among the petitions
granted. Muñiz is elderly, in poor
health, and he has never having committed a violent offense. These criteria
make him a strong candidate for Executive Clemency. Hispanics strongly urged President Obama to grant his immediate freedom but he did not do it, leaving many people shocked and questioning the morality of all leaders.
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